zozobra

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See also: zozobrá

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θoˈθobɾa/ [θoˈθo.β̞ɾa]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /soˈsobɾa/ [soˈso.β̞ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -obɾa
  • Syllabification: zo‧zo‧bra

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

zozobra f (plural zozobras)

  1. capsizing
  2. roll of the dice, throw of the dice
  3. anxiety; worry
    Synonyms: ansiedad, preocupación
    • 2020 June 28, Rosa Montero, “Más brutos y no nacemos”, in El País[1], Madrid, →ISSN:
      En la zozobra de la plaga, la gente más débil no soporta la evidencia de nuestra absoluta fragilidad: una birria de virus que ni siquiera alcanzamos a ver es capaz de tumbarnos.
      In the anxiety of the plague, the weakest people cannot bear the proof of our complete fragility: a virus that we cannot even see is capable of taking us down.
    • 2023 May 16, Arnaldo Otegi, quotee, “Los siete exetarras de las listas de Bildu con delitos de sangre renuncian a ser concejales”, in El País[2]:
      Otegi reafirma la apuesta “por vías exclusivamente pacíficas y democráticas” y dice: “Debemos avanzar hacia el futuro y no generar zozobra
      Otegi reaffirms the commitment "only through peaceful and democratic ways" and says: "We must move towards the future and not generate anxiety'

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

zozobra

  1. inflection of zozobrar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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