loss

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
2. (uncountable) The destruction or ruin of an object.
3. (countable) Something that has been destroyed or ruined.
4. (countable) Defeat; an instance of being defeated.
5. (countable) The death of a person or animal.
6. (uncountable) The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died.
7. (countable) The sum an entity loses on balance.
8. (countable, uncountable) Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work.

Verb

Alternative spelling of lost.

Conceptos

pérdida

daño

desperfecto

defecto

perjuicio

extravío

detrimento

privación

derrota

déficit

expiración

fallecimiento

interrupción

menoscabo

merma

partida

perdición

quebranto

deuda incobrable

pérdidas

baja de personal

en rojo

conservar

números rojos

fracaso

liberación

perdida

proteger

quiebra

trance

tránsito

deceso

defunción

Opuesto a

gain, win, victory, profit

Sinónimos

damage

destruction

waste

harm

injury

ruin

defeat

detriment

deprivation

failure

disadvantage

losing

decay

deficit

negative profit

impairment

decrease

disappearance

hurt

defect

flaw

wastage

bad

👎

imperfection

decline

forfeit

bereavement

red ink

sacrifice

lose

red

fall

damages

casualty

release

departure

attenuation

perishing

passing

deficiency

overthrow

perdition

drop

decrement

doom

discomfiture

going

fine

bad debt

expiration

Traducciones

perte

Verlust

perdita

verlies

perda

schade

απώλεια

Schaden

danno

pèrdua

dany

strop

dommage

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/lɒs/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: los

Heredado de inglés antiguo: los

Cognado con islandés: los

Cognado con inglés antiguo: lor

Cognado con alto alemán medio: verlor

In summary

From Middle English los, from Old English los (“damage, destruction, loss”), from Proto-West Germanic *los, from Proto-Germanic *lusą (“dissolution, break-up, loss”), from Proto-Indo-European *lews- (“to cut, sunder, separate, loose, lose”).
Cognate with Icelandic los (“dissolution, looseness, break-up”), Old English lor, forlor (“loss, ruin”), Middle High German verlor (“loss, ruin”). More at lose.