derrubar
Meaning
- to overthrow, overturn
- to fell, knock down
- to destroy
Frequency
Hyphenated as
der‧ru‧bar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/de.ʁuˈba(ʁ)/
Etymology
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.
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