English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] Attested since 1788. Origin unknown. Possibly related to Spanish chapuzar ( “ to sink by the head ” ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ] capsize (third-person singular simple present capsizes present participle capsizing simple past and past participle capsized
( intransitive , nautical ) To overturn .
1982 Marvin Gaye :Baby, I think I'm capsizing / The waves are rising and rising
( transitive , nautical ) To cause (a 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 ) To 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.
Synonyms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Descendants [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] (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: please add this translation if you can
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)
capsize (plural capsizes
The act of, or occurrence of capsizing or overturning. Translations [ edit ] The act or occurrence of overturning or capsizing
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