bankrupt

fallito, insolvente

Che non può pagare i propri debiti, soprattutto quando un tribunale lo ha dichiarato ufficialmente.

In inglese semplice: 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.

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

Sinonimi: insolvent

Contrari: solvent

Espressioni comuni: go bankrupt, declared bankrupt, bankrupt company

al verde, senza soldi

Che non ha più denaro.

In inglese semplice: Having no money left.

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

Sinonimi: broke, penniless

Contrari: rich

Espressioni comuni: completely bankrupt, almost bankrupt

privo, in bancarotta

Del tutto privo di una qualità importante, come l’onestà o la capacità di avere idee nuove.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: bankrupt of something (The party is bankrupt of fresh ideas.)

Sinonimi: empty, devoid

Espressioni comuni: morally bankrupt, intellectually bankrupt, bankrupt of ideas

mandare in bancarotta, rovinare

Rendere qualcuno incapace di pagare i propri debiti.

In inglese semplice: To make someone unable to pay their debts.

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

Sinonimi: ruin

Espressioni comuni: bankrupt a company, bankrupt someone