break the ice

English

Verb

break the ice

1. (idiomatic) To start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness.

   Including a few fun details in large group introductions can be a great way to break the ice.

Synonyms

• shatter the ice

Related terms

• icebreaker

Translations

to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Catalan: rompre el glaç (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 打破 (zh)僵局 (zh) Czech: please add this translation if you can Dutch: het ijs breken (nl) Finnish: keventää (fi), vapauttaa (fi) (tunnelmaa (fi)) French: briser la glace (fr) Georgian: ყინული გატეხა (ka), ყინული გაადნო (ka) German: das Eis brechen (de) Greek: Formal: σπάζω τον πάγο [ˈspazo̞ to̞n ˈpaɣo̞] Informal: σπάω τον πάγο [ˈspaˌo̞ to̞(m) ˈbaɣo̞]

Hindi: Baath-chit ki aupcharikta todna Italian: rompere il ghiaccio Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: bryte isen (no) Portuguese: quebrar o gelo (pt) Russian: положить начало (ru) (položít' načálo) Spanish: romper el hielo (es) Turkish: buzları eritmek (to melt the ices away), kabuğundan çıkmak, kabuğunu kırmak Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can