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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited 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”). Compare also French sombrer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θoθoˈbɾaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /sosoˈbɾaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: zo‧zo‧brar
Verb
zozobrar (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
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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