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zozobrar

/θoθoˈbɾaɾ/

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verb/θoθoˈbɾaɾ/

to capsize, flounder, sink; to fail; to worry, or fret; to be anxious

Inherited from Old Spanish sozobrar, borrowed from Old Catalan sotsobrar, from sotsobre < sots + sobre, or from a Vulgar Latin *subsuperāre (“turn upside down”), from sub (“under”) + super (“over”). Compare also French sombrer.