Phrase guide

go bankrupt

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To become bankrupt; to go into liquidation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • Several thousand companies go bankrupt in the UK each year.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: սնանկանալ (snankanal) — to become bankrupt
  • Bulgarian: банкрути́рам (bankrutíram) — to become bankrupt
  • Bulgarian: изпа́дам в банкру́т (izpádam v bankrút) — to become bankrupt
  • Chinese Mandarin: 破產 /破产 (pòchǎn) — to become bankrupt
  • Czech: krachovat — to become bankrupt
  • Czech: zkrachovat — to become bankrupt
  • Danish: gå fallit — to become bankrupt
  • Danish: gå konkurs — to become bankrupt
  • Dutch: failliet gaan — to become bankrupt
  • Esperanto: bankroti — to become bankrupt
  • Finnish: mennä konkurssiin — to become bankrupt
  • French: faire faillite — to become bankrupt
  • French: faire banqueroute — to become bankrupt
  • German: bankrott gehen — to become bankrupt
  • German: in Konkurs gehen — to become bankrupt
  • Greek: χρεωκοπώ (chreokopó) — to become bankrupt
  • Greek: πτωχεύω (ptochévo) — to become bankrupt
  • Hungarian: csődbe megy — to become bankrupt
  • Hungarian: bedől — to become bankrupt
  • Icelandic: fara á hausinn — to become bankrupt
  • Icelandic: farà/ganga í gjaldþrot — to become bankrupt
  • Ido: bankrotar — to become bankrupt
  • Italian: fallire — to become bankrupt
  • Italian: andare in bancarotta — to become bankrupt
  • Italian: essere finito in bancarotta — to become bankrupt
  • Japanese: 破産する (hasan suru) — to become bankrupt
  • Japanese: 倒産する (tōsan suru) — to become bankrupt
  • Japanese: 潰れる (tsubureru) — to become bankrupt
  • Korean: 파산하다 (pasanhada) — to become bankrupt
  • Malay: jatuh muflis — to become bankrupt
  • Mongolian: дампуурах (dampuurax) — to become bankrupt
  • Norman: faithe banqueroute — to become bankrupt
  • Norwegian: gå konkurs — to become bankrupt
  • Polish: pobankrutować — to become bankrupt
  • Polish: popadać — to become bankrupt
  • Polish: poupadać — to become bankrupt
  • Polish: bankrutować — to become bankrupt
  • Polish: zbankrutować — to become bankrupt
  • Polish: plajtować — to become bankrupt
  • Polish: splajtować — to become bankrupt
  • Portuguese: falir — to become bankrupt
  • Portuguese: ir à falência/bancarrota — to become bankrupt
  • Romanian: da faliment — to become bankrupt
  • Romanian: falimenta — to become bankrupt
  • Romanian: bancruta — to become bankrupt
  • Romanian: mofluzi — to become bankrupt
  • Russian: обанкро́чиваться (obankróčivatʹsja) — to become bankrupt
  • Russian: банкро́титься (bankrótitʹsja) — to become bankrupt
  • Russian: обанкро́титься (obankrótitʹsja) — to become bankrupt
  • Russian: разоря́ться (razorjátʹsja) — to become bankrupt
  • Russian: разори́ться (razorítʹsja) — to become bankrupt
  • Spanish: quebrar — to become bankrupt
  • Swedish: gå i konkurs — to become bankrupt
  • Thai: ล้มละลาย (lóm-lá-laai) — to become bankrupt
  • Turkish: iflas etmek — to become bankrupt
  • Turkish: top atmak — to become bankrupt
  • Turkish: batmak — to become bankrupt
  • Yiddish: באַנקראָטירן (bankrotirn) — to become bankrupt