bankrupt

en quiebra, insolvente

Que no puede pagar sus deudas, especialmente cuando un tribunal lo ha declarado oficialmente.

En inglés sencillo: Unable to pay your debts, especially when a court has officially recognized this.

• The company went bankrupt.
• A court declared him bankrupt last year.
• Creditors tried to recover money from the bankrupt business.

Cómo se usa: go bankrupt (The business went bankrupt after losing its biggest customer.); be declared bankrupt (She was declared bankrupt in June.)

Sinónimos: insolvent

Antónimos: solvent

Expresiones frecuentes: go bankrupt, declared bankrupt, bankrupt company

sin dinero, sin blanca

Que ya no tiene nada de dinero.

En inglés sencillo: Having no money left.

• I am bankrupt until payday.
• That holiday left us almost bankrupt.
• After buying the tickets, she felt completely bankrupt.

Sinónimos: broke, penniless

Antónimos: rich

Expresiones frecuentes: completely bankrupt, almost bankrupt

carente, vacío

Que carece por completo de una cualidad valiosa, como la honradez o las ideas nuevas.

En inglés sencillo: Completely lacking an important good quality, such as honesty or new ideas.

• Their policy is morally bankrupt.
• The movement seemed intellectually bankrupt.
• The leadership was bankrupt of new ideas.

Cómo se usa: bankrupt of something (The party is bankrupt of fresh ideas.)

Sinónimos: empty, devoid

Expresiones frecuentes: morally bankrupt, intellectually bankrupt, bankrupt of ideas

llevar a la quiebra, arruinar

Hacer que alguien ya no pueda pagar sus deudas.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone unable to pay their debts.

• The lawsuit could bankrupt him.
• Rising costs bankrupted the company.
• Will these losses bankrupt the business?

Sinónimos: ruin

Expresiones frecuentes: bankrupt a company, bankrupt someone