quebrar-2
go + belly up ; fold ; go + bust ; go into + liquidation ; go into + administration ; go into + receivership ; go into + bankruptcy ; go + bankrupt.
Our ISP (Internet Service Provider) went belly up 10 days ago and we have been unable to send & receive emails since.
By the mid-eighties, two of the big companies folded, but were replaced by a handful of small, independent firms = By the mid-eighties, two of the big companies folded, but were replaced by a handful of small, independent firms.
If fuel pump prices are reduced drastically many petrol station operators will go bust.
When a company goes into liquidation, the directors cease to have control of the company, and the liquidator takes over.
Dundee have been docked four points as a result of going into administration.
The company's employees face the likelihood of being made jobless after it went into receivership this week.
I am truly ashamed to have gone into bankruptcy and I don't know when I will recover emotionally from this experience.
One version of the story has the emperor going bankrupt.
hacer quebrar
bankrupt
As a writer on the publishing of scholarly books in the USA once put it, 'A book that would bankrupt a scholarly publisher does not fall within the proper domain of scholarly publishing'.
no quebrar
stay in + business
keep + Posesivo + head above the water
stay + afloat
hold + Posesivo + head above the water
The business of libraries is staying in business.
Librarians must help libraries keep their heads above water in a difficult economic climate.
Record-high bank fees are making it harder for consumers to stay financially afloat.
We finally are holding our heads above the water with our finances and I have a good job and my son is in daycare.
