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naufragar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • desert noun A large, dry area of land with little rainfall, vegetation, or water, often sandy or rocky.
  • forsake verb To abandon or give up someone or something, often permanently.
  • shipwreck noun A ship that has sunk or been wrecked, or its remains.

Senses

naufragar is used for these senses in English:

  • cast away (transitive) To discard.
  • desert To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.
  • forsake (transitive) To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
  • shipwreck To wreck a boat through a collision or other mishap.

desert — full definition

  1. noun A large, dry area of land with little rainfall, vegetation, or water, often sandy or rocky.
  2. verb To abandon a place, person, or duty, especially when you had promised or were obligated to stay.
  3. noun What someone deserves, whether reward or punishment (usually in the phrase "just deserts").

forsake — full definition

  1. verb To abandon or give up someone or something, often permanently.
  2. verb To turn down or refuse something that is offered.

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