crash

I [kræʃ]

nome

1) (noise) fracasso m., fragore m.

2) (accident) incidente m.

car crash — incidente d'auto

train, air crash — disastro ferroviario, aereo

3) econ. (of stock market) crac m., crollo m.

II 1. [kræʃ]

verbo transitivo

1) (involve in accident)

to crash the car — avere un incidente con l'auto

to crash a car into a bus — schiantarsi con l'auto contro un autobus

2) colloq. (gatecrash)

to crash a party — imbucarsi a una festa senza invito

2.

verbo intransitivo

1) (have accident) [car, plane] schiantarsi; (collide) [vehicles, planes] scontrarsi, urtarsi

to crash into sth. — andare a sbattere o schiantarsi contro qcs

2) econ. [firm] fallire, fare fallimento; [share prices] crollare

3) (move loudly) muoversi rumorosamente

4) (fall)

to crash to the ground — [cup, picture] cadere a terra; [tree] abbattersi al suolo

5) inform. colloq. [computer, system] piantarsi, bloccarsi

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- crash out

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[kræʃ] 1. noun

1) (a noise as of heavy things breaking or falling on something hard: I heard a crash, and looked round to see that he'd dropped all the plates.) frastuono

2) (a collision: There was a crash involving three cars.) incidente

3) (a failure of a business etc: the Wall Street crash.) fallimento, crollo

4) (a sudden failure of a computer: A computer crash is very costly.)

2. verb

1) (to (cause to) fall with a loud noise: The glass crashed to the floor.) crollare; fracassarsi

2) (to drive or be driven violently (against, into): He crashed (his car); His car crashed into a wall.) fracassarsi

3) ((of aircraft) to land or be landed in such a way as to be damaged or destroyed: His plane crashed in the mountains.) schiantarsi

4) ((of a business) to fail.) fallire

5) (to force one's way noisily (through, into): He crashed through the undergrowth.) aprirsi un varco rumorosamente

6) ((of a computer) to stop working suddenly: If the computer crashes, we may lose all our files.)

3. adjective

(rapid and concentrated: a crash course in computer technology.) intensivo

- crash-helmet

- crash-land

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I [kræʃ]

nome

1) (noise) fracasso m., fragore m.

2) (accident) incidente m.

car crash — incidente d'auto

train, air crash — disastro ferroviario, aereo

3) econ. (of stock market) crac m., crollo m.

II 1. [kræʃ]

verbo transitivo

1) (involve in accident)

to crash the car — avere un incidente con l'auto

to crash a car into a bus — schiantarsi con l'auto contro un autobus

2) colloq. (gatecrash)

to crash a party — imbucarsi a una festa senza invito

2.

verbo intransitivo

1) (have accident) [car, plane] schiantarsi; (collide) [vehicles, planes] scontrarsi, urtarsi

to crash into sth. — andare a sbattere o schiantarsi contro qcs

2) econ. [firm] fallire, fare fallimento; [share prices] crollare

3) (move loudly) muoversi rumorosamente

4) (fall)

to crash to the ground — [cup, picture] cadere a terra; [tree] abbattersi al suolo

5) inform. colloq. [computer, system] piantarsi, bloccarsi

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- crash out