sinking

Found in thesaurus: descent, lessening, drop-off, decrease, anxiety

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sinking
adj. naufragante, que se hunde
 
s. hundimiento; naufragio; excavación, amortización
 
sinking (sink)
v. hundirse, irse a pique, naufragar; ahogarse; hundir; sumergir; bajar, descender; caer; menguar, debilitarse, perecer; penetrar
 
sink
v. hundirse, irse a pique, irse al fondo, naufragar, sucumbir, sumergirse, sumirse, zahondar, zozobrar; echar a pique

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sinking
hundimiento | amortización (bonos, etc)
 
sink
v.- hundir | sumir | sumergir | destruir un barco o submarino
s.- fregadero | lavaplatos | lavamanos | hundimiento | disipador (térmico)

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mat sinking
caja de felpudo

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sink2
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* leave + Alguien + to sink or swim = dejar a Alguien que se las apañe como pueda.
* sink + capital = invertir capital.
* sink in = darse cuenta de.
* sink into = sumirse en, sumergirse en, hundirse en.
* sink into + depression = hundirse en la miseria.
* sink into + desuetude = caer en desuso.
* sink into + oblivion = caer en desuso, caer en la oscuridad, hundirse en el olvido.
* sink into + obscurity = caer en la oscuridad.
* sink into + poverty = hundirse en la miseria.
* sink or swim = prosperar o fracasar.
* sink under + its own weight = hundirse por su propio peso.
* words + sink = palabras + penetrar.

 
sinking1
(n.) = hundimiento.
Ex: The article 'The sinking of the ALA' describes the background to the ship, S.S. ALA named by the US government for the American Library Association (ALA) in recognition of the services rendered by the ALA to military personnel during World War I.
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* sinking fund = fondo de amortización.

 
sinking2
(adj.) = decreciente, cada vez menor.
Ex: It has not yet been decided what strategies libraries will use to face the crisis of rising personnel costs and sinking funds for book acquisitions.

 
sinking3
(adj.) = aprensivo.
Ex: He was overcome by the sinking realization that he was going to have to work day and night to prepare something he could be proud of by next Friday.
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* sinking feeling = sensación de intranquilidad, sensación de ansiedad, desazón, desasosiego, pesadumbre.

 
sinking4
(adj.) = que se está hundiendo, a pique.
Ex: Other boats lay on their oars in the vicinity of the sinking ship, a few survivors being rescued from the water.