bankrupt

bankrupt - English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /ˈbæŋ.kɹəpt/, /ˈbæŋ.kɹʌpt/
(US) IPA: /ˈbæŋk.ɹəpt/, /ˈbæŋk.ɹʌpt/

Adjective

bankrupt (comparative more bankrupt, superlative most bankrupt)

(finance) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay one's debts.
- a bankrupt merchant
Having been legally declared insolvent.
Destitute of, or wholly lacking (something once possessed, or something one should possess).
- a morally bankrupt politician

Synonyms

See impoverished

Derived terms

Translations

Arabic: مُفْلِس‎ (ar) (muflis)
Armenian: սնանկ (hy) (snank)
Bulgarian: банкрут (bg) (bankrut)
Catalan: arruïnat (ca)
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 破產著／破产着 (pòchǎnzhe)
Danish: bankerot, fallit, konkurs
Dutch: bankroet (nl), in faling, failliet (nl)
Esperanto: bankrota
Finnish: vararikossa, vararikkoinen, konkurssissa
French: en faillite (fr), failli (fr)
German: bankrott (de)
Greek: χρεωκοπημένος (el) (chreokopiménos)
Hebrew: פושט רגל‎ (he) m (poshet' regel), פושטת רגל‎ f (poshet'et regel)
Hindi: दिवालिया (hi) m (divāliyā), दिवलीया m (divlīyā)
Hungarian: tönkrement (hu) sg, csődbe jutott (hu)
Icelandic: gjaldþrota
Indonesian: bangkrut (id)
Italian: fallito (it)
Japanese: 破産した (ja) (はさんした, hasan-shita), 倒産した (ja) (とうさんした, tōsan-shita), 破綻した (ja) (はたんした, hatan-shita)
Khmer: ក្ស័យធន (ksâythôn), ធនក្ស័យ (thĕəʼnĕəkksay)
Korean: 파산 (ko) (pasan)
Latin: decoctor
Malay: bangkrap, muflis (ms)
Maori: pēkerapu, mone
Mongolian: дампуу (mn) (dampuu)
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: konkurs
- Nynorsk: konkurs
Persian: ورشکسته‎ (fa) (varšekaste), ^{(please verify)} مفلس‎ (fa) (mofles)
Plautdietsch: bankrott
Polish: zbankrutowany m
Portuguese: bancarrota (pt) f, falido (pt)
Romanian: falit (ro)
Russian: обанкро́тившийся (ru) (obankrótivšijsja)
Spanish: quebrado (es), arruinado (es)
Swedish: bankrutt (sv)
Tagalog: pagkalugi, bangkarote
Turkish: müflis (tr)
Ukrainian: банкру́т (uk) m (bankrút), банкро́т (uk) m (bankrót)
Vietnamese: phá sản (vi)
Welsh: methdalwr m (The noun is usually used.)

Verb

bankrupt (third-person singular simple present bankrupts, present participle bankrupting, simple past and past participle bankrupted)

(transitive) To force into bankruptcy.

Translations

Bulgarian: разорявам (bg) (razorjavam), причинявам фалит на (pričinjavam falit na)
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 破產／破产 (zh) (pòchǎn)
Esperanto: bankroti
Finnish: pakottaa konkurssiin, saattaa konkurssiin
German: in den Konkurs treiben (de)
Ido: bankrotigar (io)
Italian: fallire (it)
Maori: pēkerapu, whakamone
Norwegian: konkurs, bankerott, insolvent
Russian: обанкро́тить (ru) pf (obankrótitʹ); разоря́ть (ru) impf (razorjátʹ), разори́ть (ru) pf (razorítʹ)

Noun

bankrupt (plural bankrupts)

One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person.
(UK, law, obsolete) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.

Translations

Catalan: bancarroter m, bancarrotera f
Finnish: vararikkoinen
Italian: bancarotta (it)
Maori: pēkerapu
Polish: bankrut (pl) m, bankrutka (pl) f
Russian: банкро́т (ru) m (bankrót)
Welsh: methdalwr m