zozobra

Meaning

zozobrar

  1. (intransitive) to capsize, flounder, sink
  2. (intransitive) to fail
  3. (intransitive) to worry, or fret; to be anxious

Hyphenated as
zo‧zo‧bra
Pronounced as (IPA)
/θoˈθobɾa/
Etymology

In summary

Deverbal from zozobrar, or borrowed from Old Catalan sotsobre, from sots + sobre; cf. modern Catalan sotsobrar (“to capsize”).

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