hundir

∗ ≈

to sink

∗ verb

hundir
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hundir

transitive verb

1. to sink (sumergir) ;

to bury

hundió el cuchillo en su espalda -> she buried the knife in his back
hundió los dedos en su cabello -> he ran his fingers through her hair

2. to devastate, to destroy (afligir)

el anuncio de su muerte hundió a la familia -> his family was devastated by the news of his death

3. to ruin (hacer fracasar)

hundirse

pronomial verb

1. to sink (sumergirse) ; to dive (intencionadamente)

2. to collapse (derrumbarse) ; to cave in (techo)

el estadio se hundió tras el tercer gol del equipo (figurative) -> the stadium went wild after the team scored its third goal

3. to be devastated (afligirse)

se hundió tras conocer su despido -> he was devastated when he found out that he was being made redundant

4. to be ruined (fracasar)

hundir [oon-deer’]

article & verb transitive

1. To submerge (sumergir), to immerge, to put under water.

2. To sink, to crush, to overwhelm, to beat down.

3. To refute, to confound.

4. To sink, to make to fall, to pull or bear down, to destroy, to ruin, (edificio).

verb reflexive

5. To sink, to fall down, to fall to a level.

6. To sink (arena, lodo), to go to the bottom.

7. (coll.) To hide, to lie hidden: applied to things which cannot be found.

8. To have dissensions and quarrels.

Se hundió la economía -> the economy collapsed
Se hundió en la meditación -> he became lost in meditation

hundir

verbo:transitivo

1 (en agua) to sink

2 (destruir) [+edificio] to ruin; destroy; cause the collapse of; [+plan] to sink; ruin

3 (desmoralizar) to demoralize

me hundes en la miseria you are driving me to ruin

verbo:pronominal

hundirse

1 (en agua) [+barco] to sink; [+nadador] to plunge; go down

se hundió en el estudio de la historia he immersed himself in the study of history; he became absorbed in the study of history; se hundió en la meditación he became lost in thought

2 (derrumbarse) [+edificio] to collapse; fall down; tumble down; [+terreno] to cave in; subside

3 (económicamente)

el negocio se hundió the business failed o went under o went to the wall; se hundieron los precios prices slumped; la economía se hundió the economy collapsed

4 (moralmente) to collapse; break down

hundirse en la miseria to get really low o depressed

Verb Conjugation for "hundir" (go to to sink)

	Presente	Pretérito	Imperfect	Futuro	Subjuntivo
Yo	hundo	hundí	hundía	hundiré	hunda
Tú	hundes	hundiste	hundías	hundirás	hundas
Ella/Él/Usted	hunde	hundió	hundía	hundirá	hunda
Nosotros	hundimos	hundimos	hundíamos	hundiremos	hundamos
Vosotros	hundís	hundisteis	hundíais	hundiréis	hundáis
Ellos/Ustedes	hunden	hundieron	hundían	hundirán	hundan