# breakdance
## English
### Alternative forms

* break-dance, break dance

### Etymology

From break +‎ dance, in reference to the instrumental break sections of music.

### Noun

breakdance (countable and uncountable, plural breakdances)
* The art, or an instance, of breakdancing.
** 1998 June 7, Lola Ogunnaike, “NOTICED; Breakdancing Regains Its Footing”, in The New York Times‎:B-boys -- or breakdance boys -- have been spotted in Coca-Cola and Sprite advertisements.

#### Translations
### Verb

breakdance (third-person singular simple present breakdances, present participle breakdancing, simple past and past participle breakdanced)
* (intransitive) To dance in this style.

#### Translations
## Czech
### Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from breakdance.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbrɛaɡdant͡sɛ]

### Noun

breakdance m inan
* (dance) breakdancing

#### Declension

Indeclinable.

### Further reading

* “breakdance”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
* “breakdance” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz

## French
### Pronunciation

* (France) IPA: /bʁɛk.dɛns/
* (Belgium) IPA: /bʁek.dɛns/
* Audio (Belgium):(file)

### Noun

breakdance m (plural breakdances)
* breakdancing (style of dance)

## Polish
### Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from breakdance.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbrɛɡ.dɛns/, /ˈbrɛjɡ.dɛns/, /ˈbrɛjɡ.dans/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛɡdɛns, -ɛjɡdɛns, -ɛjɡdans
* Syllabification: break‧dance

### Noun

breakdance m inan (indeclinable, related adjective breakdance'owy or breakdansowy)
* (dance) breakdancing (urban style of acrobatic street dance that originated in the hip hop culture of New York City in the late 20th century)
    Synonyms: break, taniec połamaniec
    Hypernym: taniec

#### Declension

or
Indeclinable.

#### Related terms

* breakdancer

### Further reading

* breakdance in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* breakdance in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* breakdance in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from breakdance.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌbɾej.kiˈdẽ.si/ [ˌbɾeɪ̯.kiˈdẽ.si]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌbɾej.kiˈdẽ.si/ [ˌbɾeɪ̯.kiˈdẽ.si]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˌbɾej.keˈdẽ.se/ [ˌbɾeɪ̯.keˈdẽ.se]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˌbɾɐj.kɨˈdɐ̃.sɨ/ [ˌbɾɐj.kɨˈðɐ̃.sɨ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˌbɾɐj.kɨˈdɐ̃.sɨ/ [ˌbɾɐj.kɨˈðɐ̃.sɨ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˌbɾej.kɨˈdɐ̃.sɨ/ [ˌbɾej.kɨˈðɐ̃.sɨ]
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ˌbɾej.kɨˈdɐ̃.sɨ/ [ˌbɾej.kɨˈðɐ̃.sɨ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˌbɾe.kɨˈdɐ̃.sɨ/ [ˌbɾe.kɨˈðɐ̃.sɨ]

### Noun

breakdance m (uncountable)
* breakdancing (style of dance)
    Synonym: break

## Slovak
### Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from breakdance.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbrejkɟens]

### Noun

breakdance m inan
* (dance) breakdancing

### Further reading

* “breakdance”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Alternative forms

* brejkdens

### Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from breakdance.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brɛ̂jɡdɛ̂ns/

### Noun

breakdance m
* (dance) breakdancing

### Further reading

* “breakdance”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* break-dance

### Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from breakdance.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɾeiɡˈdans/ [bɾei̯ɣ̞ˈð̞ãns]
* Rhymes: -ans

### Noun

breakdance m (plural breakdances)
* breakdance; breakdancing

### Further reading

“breakdance”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10