Optimists capsize easily.
Source: tatoeba (565312)
Capsize
//ˈkæpsaɪz//
Synonyms for "capsize" (68 found)
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Related words (34)
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Translations
88 translations across 37 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀνατρέπω verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
Armenian
1 entries- շրջվել verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
Belarusian
4 entries- перакульвацца verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
- перакульваць verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
- перакуліцца verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
- перакуліць verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
Bulgarian
4 entries- прекатурвам verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
- прекатурвам се verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
- преобръщам verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
- преобръщам се verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
Catalan
1 entries- sotsobrar verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 使傾覆 /使倾覆 verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
- 傾覆 /倾覆 verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
- 翻 verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
- 翻覆 verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
Danish
2 entries- kuldsejle verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
- kæntre verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
Dutch
2 entries- doen kapseizen verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
- kapseizen verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
Faroese
1 entries- kollsigla verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
Finnish
2 entries- kaataa verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
- kaatua verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
French
3 entries- chavirer verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
- chavirer verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
- faire chavirer verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
Galician
2 entries- alagar verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
- envorcar verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
German
2 entries- kentern verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
- zum Kentern bringen verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
Hebrew
1 entries- הָפַךְ verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
Hungarian
4 entries- felborul verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
- felborít verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
- felfordul verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
- felfordít verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
Icelandic
1 entries- kollsigla verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
Irish
1 entries- iompaigh béal faoi verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
Italian
4 entries- capovolgere verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
- capovolgersi verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
- ribaltare verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
- ribaltarsi verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
Japanese
3 entries- 覆る verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
- 転覆させる verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
- 転覆する verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
Khmer
1 entries- ក្រឡាប់ verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
Korean
2 entries- 뒤집다 verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
- 뒤집히다 verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
Mongolian
2 entries- хөмрүүлэх verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
- хөмрөх verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
Māori
4 entries- huripokinga noun (The act or occurrence of overturning or capsizing)
- hurirapanga noun (The act or occurrence of overturning or capsizing)
- hurirapa verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
- tahuri verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
Norwegian
1 entries- kantre verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kollseile verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- kollsegle verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
- kollsigla verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
Polish
4 entries- wywrócenie noun (The act or occurrence of overturning or capsizing)
- przewracać verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
- przewracać się verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
- przewrócić verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
Portuguese
2 entries- soçobrar verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
- soçobrar verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
Romanian
1 entries- răsturna verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
Russian
4 entries- опроки́дывать verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
- опроки́дываться verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
- опроки́нуть verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
- опроки́нуться verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cuir thairis verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
Spanish
4 entries- hacer volcar verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
- volcar verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
- zozobrar verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
- zozobrar verb ((transitive) to cause to overturn)
Swedish
1 entries- kapsejsa verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
Thai
1 entries- อับปาง verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
Turkish
1 entries- devirmek verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lật verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
Welsh
1 entries- troi verb ((intransitive) to overturn)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
In a statement on its website, the Norwegian Coastal Administration said it feared the ship could capsize because the vessel was listing at a 40- to 50-degree angle.
Source: tatoeba (9943045)
Baby, I think I'm capsizing / The waves are rising and rising
Source: wiktionary
But what if carrying sail capsize the boat?
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.