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colapso

collapse

noun koh-LAHP-soh Rare

Origin: From Latin collapsus, past participle of collabi 'to fall together'.

Also means

breakdown

Usage Note

Colapso covers a physical collapse (a building, a person's health), a system breakdown (colapso del tráfico, traffic gridlock), and a medical circulatory collapse. The verb form is colapsar. In journalism it frequently describes economic or political failures.

Examples

"El edificio sufrió un colapso parcial."

Natural Translation

The building suffered a partial collapse.

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