zozobrar

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”).[1] Compare also French sombrer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θoθoˈbɾaɾ/ [θo.θoˈβ̞ɾaɾ] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /sosoˈbɾaɾ/ [so.soˈβ̞ɾaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: zo‧zo‧brar

Verb

zozobrar (first-person singular present zozobro, first-person singular preterite zozobré, past participle zozobrado)

  1. (nautical, intransitive) to capsize, flounder, sink
  2. (of a business or project, intransitive) to fail
  3. (of a person, intransitive) to worry, or fret; to be anxious

Conjugation

    Conjugation of zozobrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive zozobrar
gerund zozobrando
past participle masculine feminine
singular zozobrado zozobrada
plural zozobrados zozobradas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present zozobro zozobrastú
zozobrásvos 		zozobra zozobramos zozobráis zozobran
imperfect zozobraba zozobrabas zozobraba zozobrábamos zozobrabais zozobraban
preterite zozobré zozobraste zozobró zozobramos zozobrasteis zozobraron
future zozobraré zozobrarás zozobrará zozobraremos zozobraréis zozobrarán
conditional zozobraría zozobrarías zozobraría zozobraríamos zozobraríais zozobrarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present zozobre zozobrestú
zozobrésvos2 		zozobre zozobremos zozobréis zozobren
imperfect
(ra) 		zozobrara zozobraras zozobrara zozobráramos zozobrarais zozobraran
imperfect
(se) 		zozobrase zozobrases zozobrase zozobrásemos zozobraseis zozobrasen
future1 zozobrare zozobrares zozobrare zozobráremos zozobrareis zozobraren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative zozobratú
zozobrávos 		zozobre zozobremos zozobrad zozobren
negative no zozobres no zozobre no zozobremos no zozobréis no zozobren

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: soçobrar

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “zozobrar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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