What does abismo in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word abismo in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use abismo in Spanish.

The word abismo in Spanish means abyss, depths, hell, gulf, rift, chasm, barrier, bury yourself in, sink into an abyss, confuse, confound, at a cliff's edge, at the edge of a precipice. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word abismo

abyss

nombre masculino (despeñadero)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Se arrojaron en paracaídas desde la punta del abismo.
They threw themselves with parachutes from the top of the abyss.

depths

nombre masculino (figurado (profundidad) (figurative)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")
Cayó en el abismo de la depresión.
She fell into the depths of depression

hell

nombre masculino (averno)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Se supone que las almas malas se quedan en el abismo.
Supposedly bad souls stay in hell.

gulf, rift, chasm

nombre masculino (separación) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Hay un enorme abismo entre tu ideología y la mía.
Your ideology and mine are poles apart (or: are worlds apart).

barrier

nombre masculino (figurado (distancia emocional) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Su silencio es un abismo insondable.
Your silence is an unfathomable barrier.

bury yourself in

verbo pronominal (meterse de lleno) (figurative)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

sink into an abyss

verbo transitivo (hundir en abismo)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

confuse, confound

verbo transitivo (confundir)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

at a cliff's edge, at the edge of a precipice

locución preposicional (figurado (peligro muy grande) (figurative)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
Muchos catastrofistas piensan que estamos al borde del abismo.
Many doomsayers think that we are at a cliff's edge.

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