поло́мка

rare #24593

nounfeminineinanimatecountable

1.
breakdown, malfunction, failure
И́з-за поло́мки маши́ны мы опозда́ли.
We were late because of a car breakdown.
Typical of vehicles machines and equipment that stop working.
2.
breakage, break, fracture
Поло́мка трубы́ затопи́ла подва́л.
A burst pipe flooded the basement.
Refers to the object actually breaking apart.

Examples

Постоянный контакт, снашивавший поверхность детали, вызвал поломку.
Constant contact, which had been wearing down the surface of the part, caused it to fail.
Мы доискались причины поломки только к вечеру.
We didn't find out the cause of the breakdown until evening.
Мы вызвали ремонтника из-за поломки трубы.
We called a repairman because of the broken pipe.
Перегревание двигателя привело к поломке.
The engine overheating led to a breakdown.
Расцепка произошла из-за поломки автоматического механизма.
The uncoupling occurred because of a failure in the automatic mechanism.
Отращиваемые ногти она берегла от поломок.
She took care not to break the nails she was growing out.
Мотор, перегревавшийся из-за поломки радиатора, сильно шумел.
The engine, which had been overheating because of a broken radiator, was making a lot of noise.
Причиной поломки стало заедание ремня в двигателе.
The breakdown was caused by the belt getting jammed in the engine.