desplome bursátil
/desplome buɾsatil/from spelling rules
The English phrase market crash is translated into Spanish as desplome bursátil.
This phrase describes a sudden and significant drop in the value of stocks on the financial market. Another common way to describe a market crash or a significant drop in stock prices is caída de la bolsa.
What does it mean word for word?
The term desplome bursátil is composed of desplome, meaning a collapse or fall and bursátil, an adjective relating to the stock exchange (la bolsa).
Which one should you use?
While caída means a general fall or drop, desplome implies a much more sudden, violent and catastrophic collapse.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Mexico, it is common to hear the phrase desplome de la bolsa to refer to a market crash. In Argentina, the phrase crack financiero is frequently used to express a financial crash.
How does it change in a sentence?
To express the plural 'market crashes', both the noun and the adjective must be pluralized: desplomes bursátiles.
How do you pronounce it?
/desplome buɾsatil/
Did you know?
- The word bursátil comes from the Latin bursa, which means 'purse' or 'leather pouch'. This is the same root used for the English word 'purse' and the biological term 'bursa' for a fluid-filled sac in a joint.
- The term desplome originates from the use of a 'plumb line' by masons to ensure walls are vertical. To desplomar means to lose that verticality and collapse structurally.
- Unlike English, where 'crash' can describe both a car accident and a stock market failure, Spanish uses two distinct words: choque for physical collisions and desplome for financial collapses.
Examples in context
- El colapso del mercado ha generado incertidumbre en el sector financiero.The market crash has generated uncertainty in the financial sector.
- El desplome del mercado pone en peligro las inversiones de los accionistas.The market crash endangers shareholders' investments.
- La caída del mercado ha afectado negativamente a la economía del país.The market crash has negatively affected the country's economy.
- ¡Vaya desplome de la bolsa! No puedo creerlo.What a market crash! I can't believe it.
- El batacazo financiero afecta a todos, incluso a los pequeños ahorradores.The financial crash affects everyone, even small savers.
- El desplome bursátil afectó a todos los inversores.The market crash affected all investors.
- Nadie esperaba un desplome bursátil tan rápido.No one expected such a rapid market crash.
- Las noticias hablan de un posible desplome bursátil.The news is talking about a possible market crash.
Example conversation
Daniel and Sofía are discussing financial news at a cafe.
- DanielSofía, ¿viste las noticias sobre el desplome bursátil?Sofía, did you see the news about the market crash?
- SofíaSí, Daniel, es una situación muy preocupante.Yes, Daniel, it is a very worrying situation.
- DanielNo sé si debería vender mis acciones ahora.I don't know if I should sell my stocks now.
- SofíaEs mejor esperar a que el mercado se estabilice.It is better to wait until the market stabilizes.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
