English-Spanish translations for run aground

• encallar
  – Los habitantes de países costeros son plenamente conscientes de que la contaminación marina trasciende las fronteras; además, los buques no suelen elegir donde encallar. – People in countries with a coastline are well aware that sea pollution cuts across borders, and ships tend not to choose where to run aground.
• varar
• zabordar

Definition of run aground

• For a vessel to be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float
• To cause a vessel to run aground

Related words

• Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
• running aground
• Hertzsprung–Russell diagram