English-Spanish translations for collapse

• derrumbarse
  No olvidemos que el mundo no va a derrumbarse. Let us not forget the world is not going to collapse.
  No tengo la impresión de que el sector esté a punto de derrumbarse. I am not under the impression that the industry is about to collapse.
  Uno de nuestros mayores objetivos, el euro y su alta estabilidad monetaria, corre peligro de derrumbarse por completo. One of our major objectives, the euro and its high monetary stability, is at risk of total collapse.
• desplomarse
  Me temo que en este caso el libre comercio significa que esos países son libres para ver desplomarse en realidad sus economías y sus democracias. I am afraid that in this case free trade means that those countries are free to see their economies and their democracies actually collapse.
  Es mejor que el dinero se emplee en los países individuales cuando ven sus economías desmoronarse y desplomarse como está ocurriendo ahora. It is better for money to be spent in the individual countries when they see their economies slump and collapse in the way that is happening now.
• colapsar
  Poco antes de colapsar, Lehman Brothers recibió una calificación bastante positiva. Shortly before it collapsed, Lehman Brothers received quite a positive rating.
  Esta decisión se tomó pensando que el mercado colapsaría si la producción aumentase. This decision was mainly motivated by a concern that the market would collapse if production increased.
  En efecto, en varios países el sistema de gobierno local, por no mencionar el sistema parlamentario, se colapsarían sin su ayuda. Indeed, in a number of countries the local government system, let alone the parliamentary system, would probably collapse without their input.
• colapso
  Grecia está al borde del colapso fiscal. Greece is on the verge of fiscal collapse.
  Algunos dicen que Pakistán está al borde del colapso. Some say that Pakistan is on the brink of collapse.
  Argentina representa el ejemplo más reciente de un colapso de esta clase. Argentina is the most recent case of such a collapse.
• desplome
  Debemos evitar que la economía se desplome. We must protect the economy from collapse.
  Seamos sinceros; muchos de los Estados miembros se han enfrentado o se están enfrentado a un desplome económico. Let's be frank about it; many of the Member States have or are facing economic collapse.
  Se considera ese desplome como lo que en realidad ocasionó la profunda recesión global actual y la crisis financiera. The collapse is regarded as having actually precipitated the current deep global recession and the financial crisis.

Definition of collapse

• To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in
• To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely
• To fold compactly
• For several batsmen to get out in quick succession
• To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint
• The act of collapsing
• Constant function, one-valued function .

Examples

• Pyramid schemes tend to generate profits for a while and then collapse.
• Hurry up and collapse the tent so we can get moving.
• The exhausted singer collapsed on stage and had to be taken to the hospital.

Related words

• collapsed
• collapse in on oneself
• colony collapse disorder
• pedigree collapse
• monolayer collapse
• stellar collapse