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Detailed Translations for sinking from English to Spanish

sinking:

sinking [the ~] nomen

  1. the sinking (subsiding; going down)
    el hundirse; el amodorrarse
  2. the sinking (sinking in; prolapse; hollow; subsidence; going under)
    el hundimiento

Translation Matrix for sinking:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
amodorrarse going down; sinking; subsiding
hundimiento going under; hollow; prolapse; sinking; sinking in; subsidence bulge; caving in; collapse; collapsing; decline; fall; falling down; relapse; sag; sagging
hundirse going down; sinking; subsiding collapsing; going down; plummeting; sliding; slumping
- sinking feeling
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
amodorrarse allay; calm down; cool down; soothe; subside
hundirse allay; bear; bend; break down; break off; buckle; bulge; bulge out; calm down; cave in; chill; collapse; cool; cool down; cool off; crash down; crumble; decay; defect; desert; disintegrate; drop; endure; fall; fall apart; fall into decay; fall to bits; fall to pieces; get cold; get cooler; get fresh; give way; go to ruin; grow cold; grow cooler; prolapse; refrigerate; sag; sink; sink in; slump; soothe; stand; subside; sustain; throw oneself; tumble

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Related Definitions for "sinking":

  1. a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength)1
    • after several hours of sinking an unexpected rally rescued the market1
    • he could not control the sinking of his legs1
  2. a descent as through liquid (especially through water)1
    • they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic1
  3. a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension1
    • with a sinking heart1

Wiktionary Translations for sinking:


Cross Translation:
FromToVia
sinking baja; decadencia; adversidad abaissementaction d’abaisser, de s’abaisser, ou résultat de cette action.

sinking form of sink:

Conjugations for sink:

present
  1. sink
  2. sink
  3. sinks
  4. sink
  5. sink
  6. sink
simple past
  1. sank
  2. sank
  3. sank
  4. sank
  5. sank
  6. sank
present perfect
  1. have sunk
  2. have sunk
  3. has sunk
  4. have sunk
  5. have sunk
  6. have sunk
past continuous
  1. was sinking
  2. were sinking
  3. was sinking
  4. were sinking
  5. were sinking
  6. were sinking
future
  1. shall sink
  2. will sink
  3. will sink
  4. shall sink
  5. will sink
  6. will sink
continuous present
  1. am sinking
  2. are sinking
  3. is sinking
  4. are sinking
  5. are sinking
  6. are sinking
subjunctive
  1. be sunk
  2. be sunk
  3. be sunk
  4. be sunk
  5. be sunk
  6. be sunk
diverse
  1. sink!
  2. let's sink!
  3. sunk
  4. sink
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

sink [the ~] nomen

  1. the sink (washbasin)
    el lavabo
  2. the sink (kitchen sink)
    el fregadero; la pila
  3. the sink (rinsing-tub)
    la barreno; la barreña; la pila
  4. the sink
    – A device or part of a device that receives something from another device. 2
    el receptor

Translation Matrix for sink:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
bajar descending
barreno rinsing-tub; sink rinsing-tub; washing-trough
barreña rinsing-tub; sink rinsing-tub; washing-trough
derrumbarse tumble
descender climbing down; descending
disminuir declining in force; decrease in power; decrease in strength; weakening
fregadero kitchen sink; sink rinsing-tub; washing-trough
hundirse collapsing; going down; plummeting; sinking; sliding; slumping; subsiding
irse a pique collapsing; going down; plummeting; sliding; slumping
lavabo sink; washbasin bathroom facilities; box; gents room; ladies' room; lavatory; loo; privy; toilet; wash place; wash-hand basin; washing accommodation
pila kitchen sink; rinsing-tub; sink a whole lot; barrel; battery; bucket; butt; cask; column; cue; drum; heap; hold; little heap; little pile; load; lot; mass; multitude; pail; pan; post; quite a lot; stack; tub; vat; vessel
receptor sink alcoholic; captor; catcher
sucumbir collapse; succubing
zozobrar capsizing; keeling over
- cesspit; cesspool; sinkhole; sump; swallow hole
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
aminorar decrease; go down; shrink; sink delay; deter; lower; make smaller; mark down; reduce; retard; stop
atenuar decrease; go down; shrink; sink curtail; decrease; dim; diminish; dwindle; lessen; mark down; quell; reduce; scale down; shrink away; slam
bajar drop; fall; sink; tumble become lower; break away; bring down; climb down; decline; descend; dismount; duck out; elude; escape; get away; get down; get off; get out; give in; go down; go to; head for; make a duck; make for; plummet; pull down; regress; slip quietly into the night; slump; squeeze out of it; step down; step out; surrender; take a plunge; take down from; waining
caer drop; fall; sink; tumble be a failure; be killed; be killed in action; be overthrown; be ruined; become defective; chuck; collapse; come off worst; come to grief; depart this earth; depart this life; die; dismiss; drop; fall; fall over; pass away; perish; somersault; succumb; take a nosedive; taste defeat; tumble
catear drop; fall; sink; tumble
decrecer decrease; go down; shrink; sink decline; diminish; dwindle; regress; shrink; waining
derrumbarse drop; fall; sink; tumble bore through; break down; break off; break up; buckle; collapse; crash; crash down; crumble; decay; disintegrate; drop; fall apart; fall down; fall into decay; fall to bits; fall to pieces; flop down; give way; go to pieces; go to ruin; go to the dogs; have a breakdown; implode; penetrate; pierce; plop down; plummet; plump down; prolapse; sag; slump; take a plunge; thunder down; topple down
desaparecer bajo u.c. go under; perish; set; sink; submerge; succumb; suffer
descender drop; fall; sink; tumble break away; bulge out; climb off; come down; decline; descend; drive down; duck out; elude; escape; fall down; get away; give in; go down; land; let descent; lower; make a duck; regress; sag; slip quietly into the night; squeeze out of it; surrender; waining
disminuir decrease; drop; fall; go down; shrink; sink; tumble allay; be shortcoming; calm down; cool down; crop; decline; decrease; diminishing; dwindle; go thieving; make smaller; minimise; minimize; reduce; regress; remove; scale down; shorten; shrink; slacken; soothe; subside; take away; trim; wain; waining
echar a pique drop; fall; sink; tumble
embodegar drop; fall; sink; tumble plummet; slump; take a plunge
encovar drop; fall; sink; tumble plummet; slump; take a plunge
hundir drop; fall; let sink; sink; tumble dent; impress; press; push in
hundirse cave in; collapse; drop; fall; give way; prolapse; sag; sink; subside; tumble allay; bear; bend; break down; break off; buckle; bulge; bulge out; calm down; cave in; chill; collapse; cool; cool down; cool off; crash down; crumble; decay; defect; desert; disintegrate; drop; endure; fall apart; fall into decay; fall to bits; fall to pieces; get cold; get cooler; get fresh; give way; go to ruin; grow cold; grow cooler; prolapse; refrigerate; sag; sink in; slump; soothe; stand; subside; sustain; throw oneself
ir a pique drop; fall; sink; tumble somersault; tumble
irse a pique be going down hill; go under; prolapse; sag; sink; subside bulge out; cave in; prolapse; sag; sink in; subside
menguar decrease; go down; shrink; sink decline; drain away; regress; waining
mermar decrease; go down; shrink; sink decrease; diminish; drop; dwindle; go down; lessen; reduce; shrink; shrink away; shrink back; shrivel; shrivel up
reducir decrease; go down; shrink; sink bring down; confine; crop; curtail; cut back; damage; decline; decrease; diminish; do harm; dwindle; force back; harm; lessen; limit; make smaller; mark down; minimise; minimize; reduce; regress; scale down; shorten; shrink; shrink away; simplify; slacken; take down; trace back; trim; waining
restringir decrease; go down; shrink; sink abridge; besiege; besieged; besieges; clip; confine; cover; crop; curtail; dam; embank; encapsulate; enclose; envelope; evnvelope; limit; restrict; shorten; surround; trim; wrap up
sucumbir go under; perish; set; sink; submerge; succumb; suffer bear; collapse; endure; stand; sustain
sumergirse drop; fall; sink; tumble crouch; dive; dive in; dive into the water; huddle up; hunch up; plunge
sumirse drop; fall; sink; tumble
suspender drop; fall; sink; tumble abandon; adjourn; ban; cancel; cease; decline; denounce; desist; disapprove; disclaim; dismiss; drop; fail; give up; hold up; inhibit; object to; outvote; postpone; refuse; reject; repeat; repeat a class; repudiate; ricochet; spurn; stay back; stay down; stop; suspend; turn down; vote down
zozobrar be going down hill; go under; prolapse; sag; sink; subside capsize; flip; turn over
- bury; dip; drop; drop down; fall off; go down; go under; lapse; pass; settle; slide down; slump; subside
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- be wrecked; decline; founder; go down; kitchen sink; trough

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Related Definitions for "sink":

  1. a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it1
  2. plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe1
  3. a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof1
  4. (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system1
    • the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide1
  5. fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly1
  6. embed deeply1
    • She sank her fingers into the soft sand1
  7. descend into or as if into some soft substance or place1
    • He sank into bed1
  8. pass into a specified state or condition1
    • He sank into nirvana1
  9. fall or descend to a lower place or level1
    • He sank to his knees1
  10. cause to sink1
    • The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor1
  11. fall or sink heavily1
    • My spirits sank1
  12. go under,1
    • The raft sank and its occupants drowned1
  13. appear to move downward1
    • The setting sun sank below the tree line1
  14. A device or part of a device that receives something from another device.2

Wiktionary Translations for sink:

sink
verb
  1. descend into liquid, etc
  2. submerge
  3. cause (ship, etc) to sink
noun
  1. basin
  2. wastewater drain

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
sink fregadero gootsteen — een bak, meestal ingebouwd in een aanrecht, onder een kraan en met een afvoer
sink hundir zinken — in een vloeistof, meestal water, traag naar beneden zakken
sink lavabo; lavaplatos Waschbecken — meist an einer Wand befestigte, sanitäre Anlage zum Waschen
sink hundirse sinkenvon Schiffen: untergehen
sink bajar sinken — weniger oder kleiner werden
sink bajar baisser — Faire descendre, mettre plus bas
sink hundir enfoncer — a Mettre au fond, pousser vers le fond, faire pénétrer bien avant.
sink agujerear; horadar; perforar forer — Percer.
sink ahogarse; hundirse noyerasphyxier par immersion.
sink encontrar; encontrarse con; topar; dar con; chocar contra rencontrertrouver en chemin une personne ou une chose.
sink fregadero éviertable en céramique, en métal ou en pierre, comportant un bassin creusé dans lequel on lave la vaisselle, et qui a un trou pour l’écoulement des eaux.

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