• IPA^(key): (Spain)/θoˈθobɾa/[θoˈθo.β̞ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines)/soˈsobɾa/[soˈso.β̞ɾa]
• Rhymes:-obɾa
• Syllabification:zo‧zo‧bra

Deverbal fromzozobrar, or borrowed fromOld Catalansotsobre, fromsots +sobre; cf. modernCatalansotsobrar(“to capsize”).

zozobra f (pluralzozobras)

1. capsizing
2. roll of the dice,throw of the dice
3. anxiety;worry

   Synonyms:ansiedad,preocupación

   • 2020 June 28, Rosa Montero, “Más brutos y no nacemos”, inEl País‎^[1], Madrid,→ISSN:

     En lazozobra de la plaga, la gente más débil no soporta la evidencia de nuestra absoluta fragilidad: una birria de virus que ni siquiera alcanzamos a ver es capaz de tumbarnos.

     In theanxiety of the plague, the weakest people cannot bear the proof of our complete fragility: a virus that we cannot even see is capable of taking us down.

   • 2023 May 16, Arnaldo Otegi, quotee, “Los siete exetarras de las listas de Bildu con delitos de sangre renuncian a ser concejales”, inEl País‎^[2]:

     Otegi reafirma la apuesta “por vías exclusivamente pacíficas y democráticas” y dice: “Debemos avanzar hacia el futuro y no generarzozobra”

     Otegi reaffirms the commitment "only through peaceful and democratic ways" and says: "We must move towards the future and not generateanxiety'

zozobra

1. inflection ofzozobrar:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

• “zozobra”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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