Hundir in english
To sink
pronunciation: tusɪŋk part of speech: none
pronunciation: tusɪŋk part of speech: none
In gestures
hundirse = collapse ; founder ; go under ; subside ; plummet ; hit + the wall ; sink.
Example: There is no danger that the scheme will collapse for lack of central organization.Example: It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater.Example: Many of them are likely to go under in the next wave of economic recession.Example: Her agitation subsided suddenly.Example: The costs of retrieval and distribution of information have plummeted and may be further reduced in future.Example: These figures confirm that the jobs market has hit the wall.Example: The boat sank after passengers started a fire to attract attention when the boat's motor failed.hundir
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» hundir en la miseria = pile + misery upon misery ; pile on + the misery ; pile on + the agony .
Example: The continuing poor weather has piled misery upon misery for flood-hit towns and villages across the UK. Example: The recent elections, frequent strikes and airport and aircraft safety issues are some of the problems that have helped pile on the misery on the tourism sector. Example: I am trying to avoid anything sad in this book, for surely the world is sad enough at present without my pen piling on the agony.» hundirse = collapse ; founder ; go under ; subside ; plummet ; hit + the wall ; sink .
Example: There is no danger that the scheme will collapse for lack of central organization. Example: It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater. Example: Many of them are likely to go under in the next wave of economic recession. Example: Her agitation subsided suddenly. Example: The costs of retrieval and distribution of information have plummeted and may be further reduced in future. Example: These figures confirm that the jobs market has hit the wall. Example: The boat sank after passengers started a fire to attract attention when the boat's motor failed.» hundirse bajo el peso de = collapse under + the weight of .
Example: He dismissed the image of overloaded libraries collapsing under the weight of a surfeit of paper as 'mythology'.» hundirse en = sink into [Verbo irregular: pasado sank, participio sunk] ; lapse into ; dig into .
Example: This town library was in the latter part of the 17th century permitted to sink 'into careless guardianship and ultimate neglect' = A finales del siglo XVII no se hizo nada por evitar que esta biblioteca municipal se sumiese "en la negligencia y en el abandono total". Example: Although he occasionally lapses into a sort of clotted prose, his book is a valuable study of McLuhan's cultural and geographical context. Example: His sharp nails dug into her skin as he pulled her out from the ditch.» hundirse en el olvido = sink into + oblivion .
Example: Most of these books of travel were printed, though some of them sank into oblivion in manuscripts in the European archives and libraries.» hundirse en la miseria = sink into + depression ; sink into + poverty ; wallow in + Posesivo + misery .
Example: This was a crushing blow to European economies, which were already sinking into depression. Example: The poorest layer of the population is predominantly black, although an increasing number of white households are rapidly sinking into poverty. Example: The starting point for financial recovery is to stop wallowing in your misery and accept reality.» hundirse la moral = morale + plummet .
Example: She said that morale would plummet among the rest of the staff if I permitted him to get away with taking off the way he did yesterday.» hundirse por el peso = bog down .
Example: Gangplanks should be used to prevent the scalar chain from bogging down.» hundirse por su propio peso = sink under + its own weight .
Example: The Great War of 1914-18 was a heavy blow for the Bulletin, from which it never really recovered, and in the 1920s it gradually sank under its own weight, helped by a forced move from its previous quarters to make room for a trade fair.» que se está hundiendo = sinking .
Example: Other boats lay on their oars in the vicinity of the sinking ship, a few survivors being rescued from the water.