chavirer
Meanings
Verb
1. to capsize (ambitransitive)
2. to overturn, keel over, tip over (of objects etc.) (intransitive)
3. to roll (of eyes); to reel, spin (of room etc.); to turn over (of heart) (intransitive, figuratively)
4. to bowl over, shatter (someone) (transitive)
Examples10
Mon cœur a chaviré.
My heart sank.
Le bateau a chaviré durant la nuit.
The boat capsized during the night.
Un bateau a chaviré.
A boat capsized.
Le bateau a chaviré.
The boat capsized.
Le bateau chavire dans la nuit.
The boat capsizes at night.
Un bateau chavira.
A boat capsized.