English-Portuguese translations for insolvency

• insolvência
  Se tiverem problemas com a lei, declaram uma situação de insolvência. If they fall foul of the law they will go into insolvency.
  Deixar esse país cair num problema de insolvência? To leave the country to collapse into insolvency?
  Estão sobre a mesa outras propostas, como uma insolvência estruturada. There were other proposals on the table, such as a structured insolvency.

Definition of insolvency

• The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay his debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business
• Insufficiency to discharge all debts of the owner
• The condition of having more debts than assets

Examples

• The company faces insolvency
• the insolvency of an estate

Related words

• insolvency administrator
• insolvency practitioner
• insolvency of the debtor