A capsized ship. Etymology
Attested since 1788. Origin unknown. Possibly related to Spanish chapuzar ( “ to sink by the head ” ) .
Verb
capsize (third-person singular simple present capsizes present participle capsizing simple past and past participle capsized
( intransitive , nautical ) overturn .
1982 Marvin Gaye :Baby, I think I'm capsizing / The waves are rising and rising
( transitive , nautical ) ship ) to overturn .
1819–1824 [ Lord Byron ] , Don Juan (please specify |canto=I to XVII) :But what if carrying sail capsize the boat?
( intransitive , of knots ) deform under stress.
1944 The Ashley Book of Knots , page 19 :There are even cases where a totally different knot may result when carelessly pulled. Tie the Granny Knot around any object and pull one end, and it will capsize into Two Half Hitches.
Translations
(intransitive) to overturn
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: շրջվել (hy) ( šrǰvel )
Belarusian: перакульвацца impf ( pjerakulʹvacca ) , перакуліцца pf ( pjerakulicca )
Bulgarian: прекатурвам се ( prekaturvam se ) , преобръщам се ( preobrǎštam se )
Catalan: sotsobrar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 傾覆 ／ 倾覆 (zh) ( qīngfù ) , 翻 (zh) ( fān ) , 翻覆 (zh) ( fānfù )
Danish: kuldsejle kæntre
Dutch: kapseizen (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: kollsigla
Finnish: kaatua (fi)
French: chavirer (fr)
Galician: alagar (gl) envorcar
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: kentern (de)
Hungarian: felborul (hu) felfordul (hu)
Icelandic: kollsigla
Irish: iompaigh béal faoi
Italian: capovolgersi ribaltarsi rovesciarsi (it)
Japanese: 転覆する (ja) ( てんぷくする, tenpuku suru ) , 覆る (ja) ( くつがえる, kutsugaeru )
Khmer: ក្រឡាប់ (km) ( krɑlap )
Korean: 뒤집다 (ko) ( dwijipda )
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Maori: hurirapa tahuri tūpoki
Mongolian: хөмрөх (mn) ( xömröx )
Norwegian: kantre (no) Bokmål: kollseile
Nynorsk: kollsegle kollsigla
Polish: wywracać się impf wywrócić się pf
Portuguese: soçobrar (pt)
Romanian: răsturna (ro)
Russian: опроки́дываться (ru) impf ( oprokídyvatʹsja ) , опроки́нуться (ru) pf ( oprokínutʹsja ) , перевора́чиваться (ru) impf ( perevoráčivatʹsja ) , переверну́ться (ru) pf ( perevernútʹsja )
Spanish: zozobrar (es) volcar (es)
Swedish: kapsejsa (sv)
Thai: อับปาง (th) ( àp-bpaang )
Turkish: devirmek (tr)
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: lật (vi)
Welsh: troi (cy)
(transitive) to cause to overturn
Belarusian: перакульваць impf ( pjerakulʹvacʹ ) , перакуліць pf ( pjerakulicʹ )
Bulgarian: прекатурвам ( prekaturvam ) , преобръщам (bg) ( preobrǎštam )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 使傾覆 ／ 使倾覆 (zh) ( shǐ qīngfù )
Dutch: doen kapseizen
Finnish: kaataa (fi)
French: faire chavirer chavirer (fr)
German: zum Kentern bringen
Greek:
Ancient Greek: ἀνατρέπω ( anatrépō )
Hebrew: הָפַךְ (he) m ( hafakh )
Hungarian: felborít (hu) felfordít (hu)
Italian: ribaltare (it) capovolgere (it)
Japanese: 転覆させる (ja) ( てんぷくさせる, tenpuku saseru )
Korean: 뒤집히다 ( dwijiphida )
Mongolian: хөмрүүлэх ( xömrüülex )
Portuguese: soçobrar (pt)
Russian: опроки́дывать (ru) impf ( oprokídyvatʹ ) , опроки́нуть (ru) pf ( oprokínutʹ ) , перевора́чивать (ru) impf ( perevoráčivatʹ ) , переверну́ть (ru) pf ( perevernútʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: cuir thairis
Spanish: hacer volcar (es) zozobrar (es)
Noun
capsize (plural capsizes
The act of, or occurrence of capsizing or overturning. Translations
The act or occurrence of overturning or capsizing
Maori: huripokinga hurirapanga
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