English → Latin
“crash” in Latin
strepōto make a noise; to rattle, rustle, rumble, murmur, hum, roarcrepōto rattle, rustle, clatter; to crack, creak; to prattle, talk noisilycrepitōto rattle, clatter, crackle, etc.; to chatter, mumbleconcrepōto creak or grate; to sound, blare (as with lituus), rattle; to snap one's fingersfragora breaking, shattering; a crash; an uproarfaciōto do (particularly as a specific instance or occasion of doing); to make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect; to mpīpōto pip, peep
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
crash v.
INTR., fragorem dare: strepere: strepitum edere: sonitum dare, crepare: crepitare: concrepare (of the crash of arms, etc.).
crash s.
fragor: fragores (if the noise it produces is continued for some time). To cause or produce a crash, fragorem dare: there is a crash, fit, exoritur fragor: to fall down with a tremendous crash, cum ingenti fragore procidere (e.g., of a tower, etc.): there was a crash of horns, cornua strepuerunt rauco cantu (poetically, Verg.): with the crash of pipes and drums, tibiarum cantu tympanorumque sonitu (e.g., strepere, Plin.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for crash?
- The usual Latin words for “crash” are strepō, crepō, crepitō; also concrepō, fragor, faciō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.