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1 hundirse en la miseria
(v.) = sink into + depression, sink into + povertyEx. This was a crushing blow to European economies, which were already sinking into depression.Ex. The poorest layer of the population is predominantly black, although an increasing number of white households are rapidly sinking into poverty.* * *(v.) = sink into + depression, sink into + povertyEx: This was a crushing blow to European economies, which were already sinking into depression.
Ex: The poorest layer of the population is predominantly black, although an increasing number of white households are rapidly sinking into poverty. -
2 hundirse
1 (barco) to sink2 (derrumbarse) to collapse, fall down3 (arruinarse) to be ruined, collapse4 figurado (sucumbir) to go to pieces* * *VPR1) [en agua] [barco] to sink; [nadador] to plunge, go downse hundió en el estudio de la historia — he immersed himself in the study of history, he became absorbed in the study of history
2) (=derrumbarse) [edificio] to collapse, fall down, tumble down; [terreno] to cave in, subside3) (=económicamente)el negocio se hundió — the business failed o went under o went to the wall
4) (=moralmente) to collapse, break downhundirse en la miseria — to get really low o depressed
* * *(v.) = collapse, founder, go under, subside, plummetEx. 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.* * *(v.) = collapse, founder, go under, subside, plummetEx: 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.* * *
■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
* * *vpr1. [sumergirse] to sink;[intencionadamente] to dive2. [derrumbarse] to collapse;[techo] to cave in; [suelo] to subside; Figel estadio se hundió tras el tercer gol del equipo the stadium went wild after the team scored its third goal3. [deformarse] [carrocería] to get dented;se le hundieron las mejillas he became hollow-cheeked4. [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 redundant5. [fracasar] to be ruined* * ** * *vr1) : to sink down2) : to cave in3) : to break down, to go to pieces* * *hundirse vb2. (un edificio) to collapse -
3 miseria
f.1 poverty (pobreza).2 misfortune (desgracia).3 meanness.4 baseness, wretchedness (vileza).5 pittance (poco dinero).le pagan una miseria they pay him next to nothing6 extreme poverty, poverty, grinding poverty, abjectedness.7 meager quantity, very small amount, peanuts, pittance.8 hardship.* * *1 (pobreza) extreme poverty2 (desgracia) misery, wretchedness3 (tacañería) meanness* * *noun f.1) misery2) poverty* * *SF1) (=pobreza) poverty, destitution2) (=insignificancia)3) (=tacañería) meanness, stinginess4) † (=parásitos) fleas pl, lice pl* * *1) ( pobreza) poverty, destitution2) ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount3) ( desgracia) misfortuneestar a la miseria — (RPl fam) to be in a bad way (colloq)
llorar miseria(s) — (CS fam) to complain about not having any money
* * *= destitution, penury, pittance, squalor, sordidness, poverty, chump change.Ex. In sociology, fire appears twice in the energy facet; Y:4351 denotes fire as a cause of destitution, while Y:831 denotes fire as an item of social equipment, used for cooking etc.Ex. The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.Ex. The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.Ex. The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.Ex. The author makes the most of the sordidness of the first sexual encounters of the protagonist, Stella, and the tawdriness of the theater company where she finds her first job.Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex. The trick is they don't plan on paying their artists more than chump change in royalties.----* en la miseria = down-and-out, in chapter 11, penniless.* hundirse en la miseria = sink into + depression, sink into + poverty.* miseria absoluta = grinding misery.* miseria más absoluta = abject poverty.* pasar miseria = the wolves + be + at the door.* salir de la miseria = haul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog.* vivir en la miseria = live in + squalor, walk + the streets of misery, live in + penury.* * *1) ( pobreza) poverty, destitution2) ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount3) ( desgracia) misfortuneestar a la miseria — (RPl fam) to be in a bad way (colloq)
llorar miseria(s) — (CS fam) to complain about not having any money
* * *= destitution, penury, pittance, squalor, sordidness, poverty, chump change.Ex: In sociology, fire appears twice in the energy facet; Y:4351 denotes fire as a cause of destitution, while Y:831 denotes fire as an item of social equipment, used for cooking etc.
Ex: The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.Ex: The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.Ex: The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.Ex: The author makes the most of the sordidness of the first sexual encounters of the protagonist, Stella, and the tawdriness of the theater company where she finds her first job.Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex: The trick is they don't plan on paying their artists more than chump change in royalties.* en la miseria = down-and-out, in chapter 11, penniless.* hundirse en la miseria = sink into + depression, sink into + poverty.* miseria absoluta = grinding misery.* miseria más absoluta = abject poverty.* pasar miseria = the wolves + be + at the door.* salir de la miseria = haul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog.* vivir en la miseria = live in + squalor, walk + the streets of misery, live in + penury.* * *A (pobreza) poverty, destitutionvivir sumido en la más absoluta miseria to live in abject povertyB(cantidad insignificante): gana una miseria she earns a pittancemira la miseria que me diste look at the miserable o paltry o measly amount you gave me ( colloq)C (desgracia) misfortunelas miserias de la guerra the miseries of warestar/quedar a la miseria ( RPl fam): el auto quedó a la miseria the car was a write-off o was wrecked o ( AmE) was totaled ( colloq)está a la miseria he's in a very bad way o in a terrible state ( colloq)* * *
miseria sustantivo femenino
1 ( pobreza) poverty, destitution
2 ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount;
3 ( desgracia) misfortune;
miseria sustantivo femenino
1 (pobreza) extreme poverty: sobrecogía la miseria de sus aposentos, I was moved by the extreme poverty of her living conditions
2 (cantidad despreciable) pittance, miserable amount: vendí la casa por una miseria, I sold the house for a pittance
3 (más en pl) (desgracias, penalidades) miseries: ¡cuánta miseria se reflejaba en sus rostros!, what misery was reflected in their faces!
' miseria' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sordidez
- villa
English:
bread line
- chicken
- misery
- peanut
- penury
- pittance
- plunge
- poverty
- squalor
- starvation
- untold
- wake
- want
- wretchedness
- abject
- down
- shantytown
* * *miseria nf1. [pobreza] poverty;viven en la miseria they live in poverty3. [tacañería] meanness4. [vileza] baseness, wretchedness5. [poco dinero] pittance;le pagan una miseria he gets paid a pittance, they pay him next to nothing;CSur Famllorar miseria to plead poverty6. CompRP Fama la miseria: es alérgica y está a la miseria she's allergic and she's in a really bad way;después de tantos días sin agua, esa planta quedó a la miseria after so many days without water the plant was in a real state o half dead* * *f1 poverty2 fig ( sufrimiento) misery* * *miseria nf1) pobreza: poverty2) : misery, suffering3) : pittance, meager amount* * * -
4 hundirse
2) ( о судне) затону́ть; пойти́ ко дну3) ( о постройке) обвали́ться, ру́хнуть; ( о крыше) провали́тьсяaunque se hunda el mundo ↑ — что бы ни случи́лось; ра́ньше мир ру́хнет, чем...
hundirse en la miseria — погря́знуть в нищете́
hundirse en la vergüenza — покры́ть себя́ позо́ром
6) перен разори́ться; прогоре́ть разг -
5 hundir
v.1 to sink.hundió el cuchillo en su espalda she buried the knife in his backhundió los dedos en su cabello he ran his fingers through her hairEl excesivo peso hundió el barco The excess weight sunk the ship.2 to devastate, to destroy.el anuncio de su muerte hundió a la familia his family was devastated by the news of his death3 to ruin.4 to cave in.El temblor hundió la mina The quake caved in the mine.* * *1 (sumir) to submerge, plunge2 (barco) to sink3 (cuchillo etc) to drive, thrust4 (derrumbar) to demolish, ruin6 figurado (arruinar) to ruin, destroy1 (barco) to sink2 (derrumbarse) to collapse, fall down3 (arruinarse) to be ruined, collapse4 figurado (sucumbir) to go to pieces\hundir a alguien en la miseria figurado to plunge somebody into misery* * *verb* * *1. VT1) [en agua] to sink2) (=destruir) [+ edificio] to ruin, destroy, cause the collapse of; [+ plan] to sink, ruin3) (=desmoralizar) to demoralize2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) < barco> to sink; < persona> to destroy; <negocio/empresa> to drive... under, to drive... to the wall2) ( introducir) to bury2.le hundió el cuchillo en la espalda — she plunged o sank the knife into his back
hundirsev prona) barco to sinkb) (en barro, nieve) to sinkc) empresa/negocio to fold, to go underd) edificio ( bajar de nivel) to sink, subside; ( derrumbarse) to collapse* * *----* hundirse = collapse, founder, go under, subside, plummet.* hundirse bajo el peso de = collapse under + the weight of.* hundirse en = sink into, lapse into.* hundirse en la miseria = sink into + depression, sink into + poverty.* hundirse la moral = morale + plummet.* hundirse por el peso = bog down.* hundirse por su propio peso = sink under + its own weight.* que se está hundiendo = sinking.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) < barco> to sink; < persona> to destroy; <negocio/empresa> to drive... under, to drive... to the wall2) ( introducir) to bury2.le hundió el cuchillo en la espalda — she plunged o sank the knife into his back
hundirsev prona) barco to sinkb) (en barro, nieve) to sinkc) empresa/negocio to fold, to go underd) edificio ( bajar de nivel) to sink, subside; ( derrumbarse) to collapse* * ** hundirse = collapse, founder, go under, subside, plummet.* hundirse bajo el peso de = collapse under + the weight of.* hundirse en = sink into, lapse into.* hundirse en la miseria = sink into + depression, sink into + poverty.* hundirse la moral = morale + plummet.* hundirse por el peso = bog down.* hundirse por su propio peso = sink under + its own weight.* que se está hundiendo = sinking.* * *hundir [I1 ]vtA1 ‹barco› to sink2 ‹persona› to destroy; ‹negocio/empresa› to drive … under, to drive … to the wallB (introducir) to buryhundió el rostro entre sus manos he buried his face in his handshundió los pies en la arena she buried her feet in the sandle hundió el cuchillo en la espalda she plunged o sank the knife into his back■ hundirse1 «barco» to sink2 «animal/vehículo» (en barro, nieve) to sinklas ruedas se hundieron en el barro the wheels sank into the mud3 «empresa/negocio» to fold, collapse, go under, go to the wall4 «edificio» (bajar de nivel) to sink, subside; (derrumbarse) to collapse5 «puente» to collapse6 (desmoralizarse) to go to pieces* * *
hundir ( conjugate hundir) verbo transitivo ‹ barco› to sink;
‹ persona› to destroy;
‹negocio/empresa› to drive … under
hundirse verbo pronominal
( derrumbarse) to collapse
hundir verbo transitivo
1 (una embarcación) to sink
2 (una construcción) to bring o knock down
3 fig (a alguien) to demoralize
' hundir' also found in these entries:
English:
duck
- plunge
- scupper
- scuttle
- sink
* * *♦ vt1. [sumergir] to sink;el peso de los espectadores hundió el estrado the platform collapsed under the weight of the spectators2. [introducir] to bury;le hundió el cuchillo en la espalda she buried the knife in his back;hundió los dedos en su cabello he ran his fingers through her hair3. [afligir] to devastate;el anuncio de su fallecimiento hundió a todos sus familiares his family was devastated by the news of his death4. [hacer fracasar] to ruin;la tormenta hundió el espectáculo the storm ruined the show5. [abollar] to dent* * ** * *hundir vt1) : to sink2) : to destroy, to ruin* * *hundir vb2. (un edificio) to demolish / to destroy -
6 sumir
v.1 to immerse, to sink, to submerge, to avalanche.2 to dent, to dimple, to dint, to make a dent in.* * *1 (hundir) to sink, plunge, submerge2 figurado to plunge1 (hundirse) to sink2 figurado to immerse oneself (en, in), lose oneself (en, in)\sumir a alguien en la duda figurado to plunge somebody into doubtsumir a alguien en la miseria figurado to plunge somebody into poverty* * *1. VT1) (=hundir) [gen] to sink, plunge; [mar, olas] to swallow up, suck down2) (=abismar) to plunge (en into)2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( sumergir)sumir algo/a alguien EN algo — en tristeza, desesperación to plunge something/somebody into something
2) (Col, Méx) ( abollar) to dent, make a dent in2.sumirse v pron1) ( hundirse)sumirse EN algo — en sueño to sink into something; en tristeza to plunge into something; en pensamientos to become lost in something
2) (Col, Méx) ( abollarse) to get dented* * *= immerse.Ex. The whole box was then immersed for about ten minutes in a pit of molten metal.----* sumirse = lapse.* sumirse en = sink into.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( sumergir)sumir algo/a alguien EN algo — en tristeza, desesperación to plunge something/somebody into something
2) (Col, Méx) ( abollar) to dent, make a dent in2.sumirse v pron1) ( hundirse)sumirse EN algo — en sueño to sink into something; en tristeza to plunge into something; en pensamientos to become lost in something
2) (Col, Méx) ( abollarse) to get dented* * *= immerse.Ex: The whole box was then immersed for about ten minutes in a pit of molten metal.
* sumirse = lapse.* sumirse en = sink into.* * *sumir [I1 ]vtA (sumergir) sumir algo/a algn EN algo to plunge sth/sb INTO sthsu muerte lo sumió en la más profunda desesperación her death plunged him into despairlo sumió en un mar de confusiones it threw him into a turmoil o confusionel artículo habrá sumido en angustia a muchos padres the article will have caused grave o deep concern to many parentsB (Col, Méx) (abollar) to dent, make a dent in■ sumirseA (hundirse) sumirse EN algo to sink INTO sthse sumió en un profundo sueño she sank into a deep sleepse sume en sus pensamientos he becomes absorbed o gets lost in his thoughtsB (Col, Méx) (abollarse) to get dented* * *
sumir ( conjugate sumir) verbo transitivo
1 ( sumergir) sumir algo/a algn EN algo ‹en tristeza/desesperación› to plunge sth/sb into sth
2 (Col, Méx) ( abollar) to dent, make a dent in
sumirse verbo pronominal
1 ( hundirse) sumirse EN algo ‹ en tristeza› to plunge into sth;
‹ en pensamientos› to become lost in sth
2 (Col, Méx) ( abollarse) to get dented
sumir verbo transitivo
1 (sumergir) to submerge, sink
2 figurado la noticia le sumió en la tristeza, the news plunged him into sadness
' sumir' also found in these entries:
English:
plunge
* * *♦ vtla noticia nos sumió en la desolación we were plunged into despair by the news;el vino lo sumió en un estado de somnolencia the wine left him feeling drowsy;sus declaraciones nos sumieron en la confusión his statement threw us into confusion2. [sumergir] to submerge3. [enterrar] to bury¡sume la panza! tuck that belly in!* * *v/t figplunge, throw (en into)* * *sumir vtsumergir: to plunge, to immerse, to sink♦ sumirse vr
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