hundirse

hundirse

► verbo pronominal

1 (barco) to sink

2 (derrumbarse) to collapse, fall down

3 (arruinarse) to be ruined, collapse

4 figurado (sucumbir) to go to pieces

■ se hundió en el dolor she was grief-stricken

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VPR

1) [en agua] [barco] to sink; [nadador] to plunge, go down

se hundió en el estudio de la historia — he immersed himself in the study of history, he became absorbed in the study of history

se hundió en la meditación — he became lost in thought

2) (=derrumbarse) [edificio] to collapse, fall down, tumble down; [terreno] to cave in, subside

3) (=económicamente)

el negocio se hundió — the business failed o went under o went to the wall

se hundieron los precios — prices slumped

la economía se hundió — the economy collapsed

4) (=moralmente) to collapse, break down

hundirse en la miseria — to get really low o depressed

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(v.) = collapse, founder, go under, subside, plummet

Ex. There is no danger that the scheme will collapse for lack of central organization.

Ex. It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater.

Ex. Many of them are likely to go under in the next wave of economic recession.

Ex. Her agitation subsided suddenly.

Ex. The costs of retrieval and distribution of information have plummeted and may be further reduced in future.

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(v.) = collapse, founder, go under, subside, plummet

Ex: There is no danger that the scheme will collapse for lack of central organization.

Ex: It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater.

Ex: Many of them are likely to go under in the next wave of economic recession.

Ex: Her agitation subsided suddenly.

Ex: The costs of retrieval and distribution of information have plummeted and may be further reduced in future.

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■hundirse verbo reflexivo
1 (una embarcación) to sink
2 (una construcción) to collapse
3 (un negocio) to collapse, crash
4 fig (una persona) to fall to pieces
'hundirse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hundir
- sumir
- zozobrar
English:
cave in
- collapse
- fall down
- go down
- go under
- sag
- sink
- subside
- founder
- go
- way

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vpr

1. [sumergirse] to sink;

[intencionadamente] to dive

2. [derrumbarse] to collapse;

[techo] to cave in; [suelo] to subside; Fig

el estadio se hundió tras el tercer gol del equipo the stadium went wild after the team scored its third goal

3. [deformarse] [carrocería] to get dented;

se le hundieron las mejillas he became hollow-cheeked

4. [afligirse] to be devastated;

se hundió tras conocer su despido he was devastated when he found out that he was being laid off o Br made redundant

5. [fracasar] to be ruined

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hundirse

v/r sink; fig : de empresa collapse, go under; de persona go to pieces

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vr

1) : to sink down

2) : to cave in

3) : to break down, to go to pieces

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hundirse vb

1. (un barco) to sink [pt. sank; pp. sunk]

el Titanic chocó contra un iceberg y se hundió the Titanic crashed into an iceberg and sank

2. (un edificio) to collapse

las casas se hundieron a causa del seísmo the houses collapsed due to the earthquake