meltdown
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meltdown(
mehlt
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daun
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el colapso (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Frank's engine had a meltdown on the last lap of the race.El motor de Frank tuvo un colapso en la última vuelta de la carrera.
b. la debacle (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Greed drove the global financial meltdown.La codicia provocó la debacle financiera internacional
2. (colloquial) (sudden loss of emotional control)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. el colapso (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Fernanda had a meltdown at the pet store when I refused to buy her a scorpion.Fernanda tuvo un colapso en la tienda de mascotas cuando me negué a comprarle un escorpión.
3. (physics)
a. la fusión accidental del núcleo de un reactor (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The earthquake was so strong that the reactor core cracked and caused a meltdown.El terremoto fue tan fuerte que el núcleo del reactor se agrietó y causó una fusión accidental.
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