doom

Flatten it's a verb that, according to the first meaning mentioned by the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE), Alludes to put in a container what is contained in another.

Since to get the contents of a container to pass into another, it is necessary to tilt the first once we place it at a distance such that its mouth is within the surface of the container. mouth of the second, it is not difficult to understand that the etymology of this term leads us to a fusion between the prefix to-, the word mouth and the suffix -ar.

For their part, the two components found at the ends of the word have a very important function for the formation of its meaning: the prefix to-, which has its origin in the Latin prefix ad-, is verbal and is used to give the idea of approach between two objects or individuals, as can be seen in the verbs accredit, please Y supply; suffix -ar is used very frequently in our language to create verbs, as seen in to please Y exploit.

The most common use of the notion, however, is linked to guide the Actions or efforts towards a certain goal. It is important to clarify that this meaning is valid in Bolivia, Guatemala, Argentina, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Mexico and Uruguay; In other Spanish-speaking countries, it is more common to find the verb «dedicarse», for example.

Let's look at some sentences that reflect this use of the word doom: “If the people elect me as president, I am going to sort out the problem of insecurity ", "We cannot waste any more time: we have to focus on finding a new investor so that the company does not go bankrupt", "An artist should not address these issues that have little to do with his activity".

The idea de abocar also refers to derive or result: "Allegations of fraud can lead to the reiteration of the election", "The goal of the Spanish striker seemed to bring the match into overtime, although later the process of the match would change once again", "If the government continues to pressure us with new taxes, they will lead us to tax evasion".

When one or more people are willing to go through a situation, they have hope that something will happen or they are in danger of being subjected to a event determined, as long as the event in question is not located in the remote future, it is possible to use the participle of the verb doom to describe any of the three states just described, using any of the following structures: to be, to see, to stay, to be doomed To liquidation.

Outside of the meanings set out in the previous paragraphs, there are others, perhaps less common in everyday speech, which are found in the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy: «take or catch with your mouth» (it should be mentioned that this particular meaning has remained in disuse); as an intransitive verb and in the field of the Navy, «begin to enter a port, narrow, channel, etc"; as a pronominal verb, "said of the action carried out by several people when they come together in agreement with the purpose of dealing with a business."

It is important to differentiate between abocar (written with B) Y avocar (with V). Avocar comes from the Latin word advocāre and is used in the right to name the action developed by a judicial or administrative body when assumes the resolution from an issue that should actually be resolved by a lower ranked entity: "The Superior Chamber of Criminal and Correctional Justice decided to advocate the Ferreyra case and announced that it will present the ruling next Wednesday".