La Palabra Del Día: "hundir"
hundir ( oon-deer' )
verb ( to sink; to destroy; to plunge )
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1: El hombre hundió el barco para poder cobrar el seguro.
The man sank the boat so he could collect the insurance.
2: Hundirás a toda la empresa si haces público ese documento.
You'll destroy the whole company if you make that document public.
14 Answers
¿Cómo se hundió el Titanic? Todos sabemos que fue a causa de choque contra un iceberg pero, ¿cómo sucedió todo esto?
How did the Titanic sink? We all know that it was because of a collision with an iceberg but, how did all this happen?
Snoopy relaxed in the pot of gold as he watched the pitiful ship sink into the unforgiving ocean waters.
Snoopy relajado en la olla de oro mientras observaba la nave lamentable se hunden en las implacables aguas del océano.
¿Quién más podría hundir el bismark, sino los británicos?
Who else could sink the Bismark, but the British?
Fue una tragedia tremenda cuando hundieron la transatlántica ?” Lusitania „? durante la primera guerra mundial.
It was a tremendous tragedy when sunk the ocean liner „Lusitania” during the First World War.
En 2008, debido a un crisis en el mercado inmobilario, la economía se hundió en la recesión.
In 2008, because of a crisis in the housing market, the economy plunged into a recession.
El barco nave se hundió intencionadamente con el fin de salvar a la tripulacíon.
The ship was intentionally wrecked in order to save the crew.
After her husband's death she sank into depression.
Después de fallecimiento de su esposo ella se hundió en la depresión.
¡Qué turbación! ¡Qué ansiedad! La buena mujer buena me avisó que sería mejor hundir todos sentimientos de pesimismo para curarme.
What bewilderment! What anxiety! The good woman advised me that it would be best to destroy all feelings of negativity in order to cure myself.
Sólo unos días después de que se hundiera el submarino más moderno y especulaciones comenzaron a surgir sobre las causas del accidente.
Only some days after the sinking of the most modern submarine and speculations started to surface about the causes of the accident.
Los últimos escándalos hundirán al gobierno. / The most recent scandals will bring the government down.
Han hundido el país. / They’ve ruined the country.
Los políticos de este edificio han hundido un continente.
A muchos buceadores les gusta visitar barcos o aviones que se han hundido, y estos restos pueden servir como base para arrecifes porque los corales necesitan un lugar firme para sobrevivir, el cual la arena no provee.
Many divers like to visit ships or aircraft that have sunk, and those wrecks can serve as a base for reefs because corals need a stable place to survive, which sand does not provide.
Many a ship has sunk to the bottom of the ocean in a fierce storm.
Muchos de barcos han hundido abajo el mar en una tormenta feroz.
Hace poco tiempo se consideraba una buena idea hundir bariles de los residuos radiactivos en el oceano.
Not long ago it was considered a good idea to sink barrels of radioactive waste in the ocean.
Espero que mis sueños no hundirán hundan antes de que se realicen.
I hope that my dreams do not sink before they are realised.
