shipwreck

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains.
2. (countable, uncountable) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Destruction; disaster; failure; ruin; irretrievable loss.

Verb

To wreck a boat through a collision or other mishap.

Conceptos

naufragio

naufragar

destruir

estropear

hundir

arruinar

pecio

desastre

Sinónimos

wreck

wrack

disaster

wreckage

destroy

destruction

accident

pulverise

sinking

cast away

clobber

consume

cripple

crunch

crush

dash

💨

derelict

desolate

desolation

destroyed

destruct

devastation

devour

doomsday

drag down

drowning

exterminate

fall

flood

grind

ground

havoc

hulk

interdict

key

🔑

kill

🔪🩸👤

knock out

loss

mash

mishap

nuke

obliterate

overbear

overwhelm

plunder

pound

💷

pulverize

rack

ravage

raze

Traducciones

naufrage

Schiffbruch

épave

naufragio

schipbreuk

ναυάγιο

naufrágio

naufragi

Schiffswrack

Wrack

accident

naufragium

Unglück

naufragare

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈʃɪpɹɛk/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: shipwrak

Heredado de inglés antiguo: sċipwræc

Cognado con escocés: schip-wrak

Cognado con sueco: skeppsvrak

Cognado con danés: skibsvrag

In summary

From Middle English shipwrak, from Old English sċipwræc (“jetsam”), equivalent to ship + wrack. Cognate with Scots schip-wrak (“to shipwreck”, verb), Swedish skeppsvrak (“shipwreck”), Danish skibsvrag (“shipwreck”). Modern form is due to influence from wreck.