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hundimiento

sinking

noun oon-dee-MYEN-toh Rare

Also means

collapse

Usage Note

Hundimiento denotes the physical sinking of a ship or the collapse of a structure, and by extension an economic or moral collapse (el hundimiento de la empresa 'the collapse of the company'). It derives from hundir ('to sink/to collapse'). Do not confuse with ahogamiento ('drowning of a person').

Examples

"El hundimiento del barco causó pánico."

Natural Translation

The sinking of the ship caused panic.

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