crisis

/ˈkɾisis/, [ˈkɾi.sis]

crisis


Noun crisis f (plural crisis)

  1. crisis
  2. attack; fit

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Examples
  • Esa crisis amenazaba con dividir a la nación.

    That crisis threatened to split the nation in two.

  • Debido a la crisis económica, hay cada vez más casos de fraude.

    Due to the economic crisis, there are more and more cases of fraud.

  • Hubo una crisis financiera en 2009.

    There was a financial crisis in 2009.

  • "La economía distancia las dos orillas del Atlántico”, así resume La Stampa las repercusiones de las recientes declaraciones de Barack Obama, según las cuales las débiles perspectivas de crecimiento en Estados Unidos se deben a la mala gestión de la crisis de la zona euro.

    "The economy has opened up a faultline in the Atlantic," announces La Stampa, reporting on the impact of recent remarks by Barack Obama which imply that the poor management of the Eurozone crisis is to blame for the feeble outlook for growth in the US.

  • Enfrentamos una crisis violenta.

    We are facing a violent crisis.

  • Ella está al borde de una crisis nerviosa.

    She is on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

  • La crisis llevó al Tratado de No Proliferación Nuclear de 1968.

    The crisis led to the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

  • Fue bajo estas circunstancias que comenzó la crisis constitucional.

    It was under these circumstances that the constitutional crisis began.

  • ¿Sabe alguien cómo ganar dinero en tiempo de crisis?

    Does anyone know how to make money in a time of crisis?

  • Italia está en la peor crisis económica de su historia.

    Italy is having the worst economical crisis in its history.

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