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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin naufragāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
naufragar (first-person singular present naufrago, first-person singular preterite naufraguí, past participle naufragat)
- to be shipwrecked
- to fail
- Synonyms: fracassar, arruïnar-se
Conjugation
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin naufragāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
naufragar (first-person singular present naufrago, first-person singular preterite naufraguei, past participle naufragado)
- (nautical) to founder; to sink
- (nautical) to be shipwrecked
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin naufragāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naufɾaˈɡaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: nau‧fra‧gar
Verb
naufragar (first-person singular present naufrago, first-person singular preterite naufragué, past participle naufragado)
- to be shipwrecked
1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 62:Esta armada del Obispo de Placencia, don Gutierre Vargas de Carvajal, fué una expedición de cuatro navíos que naufragó en el Estrecho de Magallanes, en 1540, perdiéndose dos de las naves, una por haberse varado y otra por haber sido arrastrada por las corrientes.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to fail, founder
- fall, go down (to be defeated)
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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