How to Say "to splinter" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “to splinter” is “fracturar” — C1 level.
English → SpanishC1
verbC1formal
groups or organizations
Examples
El escándalo terminó por fracturar al partido político.
The scandal ended up splintering the political party.
La guerra civil fracturó la sociedad durante décadas.
The civil war fractured society for decades.
Abstract Subjects
When used figuratively, the thing doing the 'fracturing' is often an idea or event (e.g., 'The crisis fractured...'). The structure remains a normal active sentence.
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