English
Etymology
Attested since 1788 C.E. . Origin unknown. Possibly related to Spanish chapuzar ( “ to sink by the head ” ) .
Pronunciation
Verb
capsize (third-person singular simple present capsizes , present participle capsizing , simple past and past participle capsized )
( intransitive , nautical ) To overturn .
( transitive , nautical ) To cause (a ship ) to overturn .
1819–1824 , [Lord Byron ], Don Juan , London, (please specify |canto=I to XVII) :But what if carrying sail capsize the boat?
( intransitive , of knots ) To deform under stress.
1944 , Clifford Warren Ashley, 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.
Synonyms
Translations
(intransitive) to overturn
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
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Bulgarian: прекатурвам се ( prekaturvam se ) , преобръщам се ( preobrǎštam se )
Catalan: sotsobrar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 傾覆 / 倾覆 (zh) ( qīngfù ) , 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)
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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 )
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian: хөмрөх (mn) ( xömröx )
Norwegian: kantre (no)
Bokmål: kollseile
Nynorsk: kollsegle , kollsigla
Polish: wywracać się impf , wywrócić się pf
Portuguese: soçobrar (pt)
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
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: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: troi (cy)
(transitive) to cause to overturn
Bulgarian: прекатурвам ( prekaturvam ) , преобръщам (bg) ( preobrǎštam )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 使傾覆 / 使倾覆 (zh) , 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 )
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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 )
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)
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