afundar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- founder noun A person who establishes an organization, company, or institution.
- sag verb To sink or bend downward in the middle from weight or pressure.
- sink verb To go down below the surface of water or another liquid, or to cause something to do so.
- swamp noun An area of wet, spongy, low-lying land, often with trees, that supports rich but sometimes difficult-to-access wildlife.
Senses
afundar is used for these senses in English:
- founder (transitive, archaic, nautical) To cause to flood and sink, as a ship.
- sag (figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
- sink (ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
- sink (transitive, figurative) To cause to decline; to depress or degrade.
- swamp (figurative) To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.
founder — full definition
- noun A person who establishes an organization, company, or institution.
- verb To fail or fall apart, especially of a plan, negotiation, or ship.
sag — full definition
- verb To sink or bend downward in the middle from weight or pressure.
- verb To lose energy, firmness, or morale over time.
- noun A droop or dip where something has sunk or bent.