derribar

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese derribar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably from Vulgar Latin *deripo, from ripa. Cognate with Old Spanish derribar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deriˈbaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: de‧rri‧bar

Verb

derribar (first-person singular present derribo, first-person singular preterite derribei, past participle derribado)

  1. (transitive) to bring down, topple, demolish, take down
    Synonym: derrubar
    • 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 665:
      Et dona Sol, quando vio seu padre, derribou as toucas et começou a messar os cabelos, que auia taes com̃o fios d'ouro.
      And when lady Sol saw her father she took dawn her shawls and began to tear out her hairs, which were as threads of gold

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: der‧ri‧bar

Verb

derribar (first-person singular present derribo, first-person singular preterite derribei, past participle derribado)

  1. Alternative form of derrubar

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Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *derīpāre, from Latin rīpa, whence English river and riven (torn apart violently).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deriˈbaɾ/
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  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: de‧rri‧bar

Verb

derribar (first-person singular present derribo, first-person singular preterite derribé, past participle derribado)

  1. to bring down, to shoot down
    Synonym: abatir
  2. to knock down, to demolish, to break down, to tear down, to topple, to pull down, to kick down, to batter down
    Synonym: derruir
  3. to overthrow
    Synonym: derrocar
  4. to take down, to tackle, to knock over

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