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hundir

to sink, to ruin, to devastate

u n ˈd i ɾ
hund sink + ir go
verb Uncommon #22,575
to sink Often used for making something sink (transitive) or for something sinking (in pronominal form: «hundirse»).
SP: La tormenta hizo hundir el barco cerca de la costa.
EN: The storm made the ship sink near the coast.
to ruin, to devastate Commonly used in a figurative sense for causing serious damage (e.g., to a person, business, or plans).
SP: La crisis puede hundir una pequeña empresa en pocos meses.
EN: A crisis can ruin a small business in just a few months.
Conjugation of hundir
hundirhundirse
Present
hundiendo
Past
hundido
Indicative future
SingularPlural
Third hundirá —
Subjunctive future
SingularPlural
Third hundirá —
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First — hundimos
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First — hundimos
Third hundió —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First — hundimos

Tu locura te va a hundir o te va a llevar muy lejos.

Your madness will either sink you or take you very far.

El ruido que oí antes de hundir el coche.

The noise I heard before the car sank.

— Contratiempo (2017)

Las mujeres te van a hundir.

Women will bring you down.

— El cielo sobre Berlín (1987)

Me he dejado hundir.

I've let myself sink.

— El cielo sobre Berlín (1987)

Por lo menos se van a hundir con la banda todavía tocando.

At least they'll go down with the band still playing.

— Greenland: El último refugio (2020)

Todos en el barco pensaron que se iba a hundir.

Everyone on the ship thought it was going to sink.

Tom y Mary juegan a hundir la nave.

Tom and Mary play Battleship.

Si no, les van a hundir la moral.

Otherwise, they'll crush their morale.

— La sociedad de la nieve (2023)

Tenia miedo de que se pudiera hundir, pero estaba perfecta.

I was afraid it might sink, but it was perfect.

— Perdición (1944)

Y si hacía fuerza para salir, la iba a hundir más en la nieve.

And if she tried to force herself out, she would only sink deeper into the snow.

— La sociedad de la nieve (2023)

Así que éste es el barco imposible de hundir.

So this is the unsinkable ship.

— Titanic (1997)

Hundir el suelo bajo sus pies.

To make the ground give way beneath their feet.

— Gully Boy (2019)

El barco es imposible de hundir.

The ship is impossible to sink.

— Titanic (1997)

Piensa que si aparece algo tan grande para hundir el barco, podrán girar.

He thinks that if something big appears to sink the ship, they will be able to turn around.

— Titanic (1997)