zozobrar

Spanish

Etymology

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
  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /θoθoˈbɾaɾ/, [θoθoˈβɾaɾ]
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /sosoˈbɾaɾ/, [sosoˈβɾaɾ]

Verb

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

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

Conjugation
        Conjugation of zozobrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
    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
    • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
    • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Descendants

    References
    • Vicente Garcia de Diego, Diccionario Etimológico Español e Hispánico, pp. 379,427.
    1. https://www.scribd.com/document/220768067/Corominas-Diccionario-Etimologico
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