Bankrupt — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts

reduce to bankruptcy

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˌɑːɹbənˈeɪʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/ɐpˈɒθm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɐpˈɒθm/

2 syllables Say it as /kˌɑːɹbənˈeɪʃən/.

Examples

My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!
The slump in the financial markets smashed him
a bankrupt company

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

smash insolvent belly-up ruin break

Parts of Speech

noun	someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts
verb	reduce to bankruptcy “My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!”
adjective	financially ruined “a bankrupt company”

Word Forms

bankrupt	adjective	financially ruined
bankruptcy	noun	inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
bankrupt	noun	someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

bankrott

jemand, der nicht über genügend Vermögen verfügt, um seine Schulden zu begleichen

🇫🇷French

en faillite

quelqu'un qui n'a pas suffisamment d'actifs pour couvrir ses dettes

🇪🇸Spanish

arruinado

alguien que no tiene activos suficientes para cubrir sus deudas

🇮🇹Italian

in bancarotta

qualcuno che non ha risorse sufficienti per coprire i propri debiti

🇳🇱Dutch

failliet

iemand die onvoldoende bezittingen heeft om zijn schulden te dekken

🇵🇹Portuguese

falido

alguém que não tem bens suficientes para cobrir suas dívidas

🇷🇺Russian

банкрот

тот, у кого недостаточно активов для покрытия своих долгов

India

🇮🇳Hindi

दिवालिया

कोई व्यक्ति जिसके पास अपने ऋणों को चुकाने के लिए अपर्याप्त संपत्ति है

🇧🇩Bengali

দেউলিয়া

এমন কেউ যার কাছে তাদের ঋণ কভার করার জন্য অপর্যাপ্ত সম্পদ রয়েছে

🇮🇳Tamil

திவாலானது

கடனை அடைக்க போதுமான சொத்துக்கள் இல்லாத ஒருவர்

🇮🇳Telugu

దివాళా తీసింది

వారి అప్పులను కవర్ చేయడానికి తగినంత ఆస్తులు లేని వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

दिवाळखोर

ज्याच्याकडे कर्ज भरण्यासाठी अपुरी मालमत्ता आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

નાદાર

કોઈ વ્યક્તિ જેની પાસે તેમના દેવાને આવરી લેવા માટે અપૂરતી સંપત્તિ છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ದಿವಾಳಿಯಾದ

ತಮ್ಮ ಸಾಲಗಳನ್ನು ಸರಿದೂಗಿಸಲು ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ಆಸ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಯಾರಾದರೂ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പാപ്പരായ

കടങ്ങൾ നികത്താൻ മതിയായ ആസ്തിയില്ലാത്ത ഒരാൾ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਦੀਵਾਲੀਆ

ਕੋਈ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜਿਸ ਕੋਲ ਆਪਣੇ ਕਰਜ਼ਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਪੂਰਾ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਨਾਕਾਫ਼ੀ ਜਾਇਦਾਦ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

دیوالیہ

کوئی ایسا شخص جس کے پاس اپنے قرضوں کو پورا کرنے کے لیے ناکافی اثاثے ہوں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

破产

资产不足以偿还债务的人

🇯🇵Japanese

破産

借金をカバーするのに十分な資産がない人

🇰🇷Korean

파산한

빚을 갚을 만큼 자산이 부족한 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

phá sản

một người không có đủ tài sản để trang trải các khoản nợ của họ

🇹🇭Thai

ล้มละลาย

ผู้ที่มีทรัพย์สินไม่เพียงพอที่จะชำระหนี้

🇮🇩Indonesian

bangkrut

seseorang yang mempunyai harta yang tidak cukup untuk menutupi hutangnya

🇵🇭Filipino

bangkarota

isang taong walang sapat na ari-arian upang mabayaran ang kanilang mga utang

🇲🇾Malay

muflis

seseorang yang mempunyai harta yang tidak mencukupi untuk menampung hutang mereka

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مفلس

شخص ليس لديه أصول كافية لتغطية ديونه

🇮🇷Persian

ورشکسته

کسی که دارایی کافی برای پوشش بدهی های خود را ندارد

🇹🇷Turkish

iflas etmiş

borçlarını karşılamaya yetecek kadar varlığı olmayan biri

🇮🇱Hebrew

פּוֹשֵׁט רֶגֶל

מי שאין לו מספיק נכסים כדי לכסות את חובותיו

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