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Meanings of heartbreak in English

Portuguese
coração partido
Catalan
afligiment
Spanish
congoja

Intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

coração partido
Usage of heartbreak in English
1
So the heartbreak was: 'I'm supposed to be living in a democracy.
The Guardian
2
He never left me, in spite of some heartbreak along the way.
A ticket to the circus: a memoir
3
This was a week when a beautiful something, born of heartbreak, happened.
The Irish Times
4
Mr. Leonard forgot his heartbreak and listened to it in puzzled amazement.
Chronicles of Avonlea
5
How could she speak of her private heartbreak where anyone could overhear?
Gingham bride
6
There was a sound of heartbreak in her voice as she ended.
The Lamp in the Desert
7
You could almost convince yourself of the rhyme and reason of heartbreak.
Cry to heaven
8
There was the whole story, the whole horror and heartbreak, finely displayed.
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
9
How he became lost is only the first heartbreak in the film.
Radio NZ
10
A woman she would never know had been spared tragedy and heartbreak.
Safe harbour
11
Unless an affair is for eter­nity, it will always end in heartbreak.
I’m With the Band
12
And he's a cripple now, you don't need a heartbreak like that.
Full circle
13
The one they had lost was a heartbreak for all of them.
The cottage
14
Her motivation to lobby for its abolition grew out of this heartbreak.
The Irish Times
15
She'd sniveled all over his shoulder about her heartbreak over David Cavanaugh.
Deadly promises
16
No tears fer little Hilda, no heartbreak in all her 'ternal life.
His Sombre Rivals
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Translations for heartbreak
Spanish
congoja
Heartbreak through the time
Heartbreak across language varieties
Australia
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
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