derrubar

1. to overthrow, overturn
2. to fell, knock down
3. to destroy

Pronounced as (IPA)

/de.ʁuˈba(ʁ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: rūpēs

Cognate with Galician: derrubar

Cognate with Italian: dirupare

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese derrobar, from Vulgar Latin *dērūpāre, from Latin rūpēs (“cliff”). Alternatively from derribar, from de- + riba + -ar, from Latin rīpa. Compare Galician derrubar, cf. also Italian dirupare.

Concepts

knock down

overthrow

topple

cut down

overturn

fell

flatten

tackle

knock off

break down

knock over

chop

shoot down

drop

tumble

defeat

demolish

depress

dig up

discourage

dishearten

do in

double up

down

enervate

enfeeble

excavate

exhaust

fall

fling off

go through

grub

hack

humiliate

kill

🔪🩸👤

liquidate

machete

mortify

overcome

pass through

pull down

quiet

quiten

roll over

shoot

shoot dead

slaughter

slay

soothe

still

Synonyms

abater

acalmar

atravessar

debelar

deprimir

derrotar

esgotar

trucidar

desanimar

jugar

levar de vencida

massacrar

matar

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percorrer

sobrepujar

sossegar

superar

tranqüilizar

levar

anular

Translations

derribar

abattre

demolire

abbattere

stürzen

vellen

derrocar

wippen

renverser

tombar

enderrocar

demolir

fällen

caedere

umstürzen