Meanings
present singular third person goes bankrupt · participle present going bankrupt · past went bankrupt · participle past gone bankrupt
- intransitiveTo become bankrupt; to go into liquidation.
Several thousand companies go bankrupt in the UK each year.
1 more example
"How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly."
1926, Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, page 141Synonyms: go bust, go under, go belly-up
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo become bankrupt; to go into liquidation.
Translations
Bulgarian банкрутирам, изпа́дам в банкру́т
- банкрутирам (bankrutiram)to become bankrupt
- изпа́дам в банкру́т (izpádam v bankrút)to become bankrupt
Chinese Mandarin 破產 /破产
- 破產 /破产 (pòchǎn)to become bankrupt
Czech krachovat, zkrachovat
- krachovatto become bankrupt
- zkrachovatto become bankrupt
Danish gå fallit, gå konkurs
- gå fallitto become bankrupt
- gå konkursto become bankrupt
Dutch failliet gaan
- failliet gaanto become bankrupt
Esperanto bankroti
- bankrotito become bankrupt
Finnish mennä konkurssiin
- mennä konkurssiinto become bankrupt
French faire faillite, faire banqueroute
- faire failliteto become bankrupt
- faire banquerouteto become bankrupt
German bankrott gehen, in Konkurs gehen
- bankrott gehento become bankrupt
- in Konkurs gehento become bankrupt
Greek χρεωκοπώ, πτωχεύω
- χρεωκοπώ (chreokopó)to become bankrupt
- πτωχεύω (ptochévo)to become bankrupt
Hungarian csődbe megy, bedől
- csődbe megyto become bankrupt
- bedőlto become bankrupt
Icelandic fara á hausinn, farà/ganga í gjaldþrot
- fara á hausinnto become bankrupt
- farà/ganga í gjaldþrotto become bankrupt
Italian fallire, andare in bancarotta
- fallireto become bankrupt
- andare in bancarottato become bankrupt
- essere finito in bancarottato become bankrupt
Japanese 破産する, 倒産する
- 破産する (hasan suru)to become bankrupt
- 倒産する (tōsan suru)to become bankrupt
- 潰れる (tsubureru)to become bankrupt
Korean 파산하다
- 파산하다 (pasanhada)to become bankrupt
Malay jatuh muflis
- jatuh muflisto become bankrupt
Norwegian gå konkurs
- gå konkursto become bankrupt
Polish pobankrutować, popadać
- pobankrutowaćto become bankrupt
- popadaćto become bankrupt
- poupadaćto become bankrupt
- bankrutowaćto become bankrupt
- zbankrutowaćto become bankrupt
- plajtowaćto become bankrupt
- splajtowaćto become bankrupt
Portuguese falir, ir à falência/bancarrota
- falirto become bankrupt
- ir à falência/bancarrotato become bankrupt
Romanian da faliment, falimenta
- da falimentto become bankrupt
- falimentato become bankrupt
- bancrutato become bankrupt
- mofluzito become bankrupt
Russian обанкро́чиваться, банкро́титься
- обанкро́чиваться (obankróčivatʹsja)to become bankrupt
- банкро́титься (bankrótitʹsja)to become bankrupt
- обанкро́титься (obankrótitʹsja)to become bankrupt
- разоря́ться (razorjátʹsja)to become bankrupt
- разори́ться (razorítʹsja)to become bankrupt
Spanish quebrar
- quebrarto become bankrupt
Swedish gå i konkurs
- gå i konkursto become bankrupt
Thai ล้มละลาย
- ล้มละลาย (lóm-lá-laai)to become bankrupt
Turkish iflas etmek, top atmak
- iflas etmekto become bankrupt
- top atmakto become bankrupt
- batmakto become bankrupt
Yiddish באַנקראָטירן
- באַנקראָטירן (bankrotirn)to become bankrupt
Cite this entry
go bankrupt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20bankrupt
“go bankrupt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20bankrupt. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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