quicksand

Significado (Inglés)

1. (countable, uncountable) Wet sand that appears firm but in which things readily sink, often found near rivers or coasts.
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Anything that metaphorically pulls one down or buries one; a treacherous, risky danger

Conceptos

arenas movedizas

arena movediza

bugeo

terreno movedizo

arcillas expansivas

Sinónimos

shifting sand

running sand

quagmire

drift sand

quick sand

sludge

snare

trap

🪤

floating sand

heaving sand

soil flow

unfixed sand

mobile sand

wind drift sand

bog

blown sand

marsh

mud

puddle

Traducciones

Treibsand

drijfzand

sable mouvant

sables mouvants

sabbie mobili

κινούμενη άμμος

areia movediça

βούρκος

άμμος

λάσπη

sorres movedisses

arena movedissa

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: quyksande

Heredado de inglés antiguo: cwecesand

Cognado con sueco: kvicksand

Cognado con islandés: kviksandur

In summary

From Middle English quyksande, from Old English cwecesand (“quicksand”), equivalent to quick (“living”) + sand. Cognate with Swedish kvicksand (“quicksand”), Icelandic kviksandur, kviksyndi (“quicksand”). More at quick, sand.