icarus

incontable · nombre propio

A proper noun from Greek mythology referring to the son of Daedalus who, while escaping from Crete with his father using wings made of wax and feathers, flew too close to the sun, causing the wax to melt, and fell into the Aegean Sea where he drowned.

• 🇪🇸Nombre propio de la mitología griega, referido al hijo de Dédalo, que al huir de Creta con su padre usando alas de cera y plumas, voló demasiado cerca del sol, el calor derritió la cera y cayó al mar Egeo, donde se ahogó; también se usa como símbolo de la arrogancia o la ambición desmedida.

1. Mythological figure B2 formal

   In Greek mythology, the son of the master craftsman Daedalus. He escaped from Crete using wings made of feathers and wax, but flew too close to the sun, causing the wax to melt, and he fell into the sea and drowned.

   • The story of Icarus serves as a warning against overambition.
   • Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly too high or too low.
   • Icarus ignored his father's advice and plummeted into the Aegean Sea.

   🇪🇸Ícaro

2. Symbol of overambition C1 informal

   A person who is destroyed by their own excessive ambition or recklessness.

   • The entrepreneur was an Icarus, flying too high on risky investments.
   • He became an Icarus of the tech world, crashing after his hubris.
   • The novel's protagonist is a modern Icarus, doomed by his own pride.

   🇪🇸Ícaro como símbolo de la ambición desmedida

• icaruses plural form
• icaruses' possessive plural form
• icarus's possessive singular form