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go bankrupt en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To become bankrupt; to go into liquidation.
   • Several thousand companies go bankrupt in the UK each year.
   • "How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." 1926, Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, page 141:

Forms

Synonyms

go bust · go belly-up · go under

Translations (58)

eo bankroti (to become bankrupt) · hu bedől (to become bankrupt) · pt falir (to become bankrupt) · sv gå i konkurs (to become bankrupt) · io bankrotar (to become bankrupt) · da gå fallit (to become bankrupt) · mn дампуурах (to become bankrupt) · nl failliet gaan (to become bankrupt) · pl popadać (to become bankrupt) · ja 潰れる (to become bankrupt) · el πτωχεύω (to become bankrupt) · pl plajtować (to become bankrupt) · de in Konkurs gehen (to become bankrupt) · bg банкрутирам (to become bankrupt) · cmn 破產 /破产 (to become bankrupt) · ro falimenta (to become bankrupt) · ru банкро́титься (to become bankrupt) · tr batmak (to become bankrupt) · hu csődbe megy (to become bankrupt) · de bankrott gehen (to become bankrupt) · ko 파산하다 (to become bankrupt) · hy սնանկանալ (to become bankrupt) · yi באַנקראָטירן (to become bankrupt) · pt ir à falência/bancarrota (to become bankrupt) · pl pobankrutować (to become bankrupt) · ms jatuh muflis (to become bankrupt) · th ล้มละลาย (to become bankrupt) · da gå konkurs (to become bankrupt) · pl bankrutować (to become bankrupt) · it andare in bancarotta (to become bankrupt) · ro bancruta (to become bankrupt) · nrf faithe banqueroute (to become bankrupt) · tr top atmak (to become bankrupt) · ja 破産する (to become bankrupt) · tr iflas etmek (to become bankrupt) · el χρεωκοπώ (to become bankrupt) · ru обанкро́титься (to become bankrupt) · it essere finito in bancarotta (to become bankrupt) · cs krachovat (to become bankrupt) · pl poupadać (to become bankrupt) · fi mennä konkurssiin (to become bankrupt) · cs zkrachovat (to become bankrupt) · ru обанкро́чиваться (to become bankrupt) · no gå konkurs (to become bankrupt) · pl splajtować (to become bankrupt) · bg изпа́дам в банкру́т (to become bankrupt) · ru разоря́ться (to become bankrupt) · is fara á hausinn (to become bankrupt) · ru разори́ться (to become bankrupt) · is farà/ganga í gjaldþrot (to become bankrupt) · fr faire banqueroute (to become bankrupt) · it fallire (to become bankrupt) · pl zbankrutować (to become bankrupt) · ro mofluzi (to become bankrupt) · ja 倒産する (to become bankrupt) · es quebrar (to become bankrupt) · ro da faliment (to become bankrupt) · fr faire faillite (to become bankrupt)