zozobrar
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Spanish sozobrar, borrowed from Old Catalan sotsobrar, from sotsobre < sots + sobre, or from a Vulgar Latin *subsuperāre (“turn upside down”), from sub (“under”) + super (“over”).[1] Compare also French sombrer.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /θoθoˈbɾaɾ/ [θo.θoˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sosoˈbɾaɾ/ [so.soˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: zo‧zo‧brar
Verb
editzozobrar (first-person singular present zozobro, first-person singular preterite zozobré, past participle zozobrado)
- (nautical, intransitive) to capsize, founder, sink
- (of a business or project, intransitive) to fail
- (of a person, intransitive) to worry, or fret; to be anxious
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of zozobrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- → Portuguese: soçobrar
References
edit- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “zozobrar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
edit- “zozobrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
- Vicente Garcia de Diego, Diccionario Etimológico Español e Hispánico, pp. 379,427.
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