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zozobrar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • awe noun A powerful feeling of respect mixed with wonder or fear.
  • capsize verb To turn over or roll over in the water, or to cause a boat to do so.
  • fail verb To be unsuccessful in achieving something.
  • founder noun A person who establishes an organization, company, or institution.

Senses

zozobrar is used for these senses in English:

  • awe (transitive) To inspire fear and reverence in.
  • capsize (transitive, nautical) To cause (a ship) to overturn.
  • fail (intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
  • founder (intransitive) To fail; to miscarry.
  • founder (transitive, archaic, nautical) To cause to flood and sink, as a ship.
  • keel over (intransitive, nautical, also, _, figuratively) Of a vessel: to roll so far on its side that it cannot recover; to capsize or turn turtle.

awe — full definition

  1. noun A powerful feeling of respect mixed with wonder or fear.
  2. verb To fill someone with awe.

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