derrocar

From de- +‎ roca +‎ -ar. First attested in 1074.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

derrocar (first-person singular present derroco, first-person singular preterite derroquí, past participle derrocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to knock down, to demolish

   Synonym: enderrocar

• enderrocar

• “derrocar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “derrocar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “derrocar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

derrocar (first-person singular present derroco, first-person singular preterite derroquei, past participle derrocado)

1. (transitive) to overthrow (to bring about downfall)

From de- + early Medieval Latin rocca (“boulder”), whence English rock.

• IPA^(key): /deroˈkaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧rro‧car

derrocar (first-person singular present derroco, first-person singular preterite derroqué, past participle derrocado)

1. to overthrow, to bring down
2. to demolish, to knock down

   Synonyms: abatir, aniquilar, demoler, derribar, derruir, destruir

3. to weaken, to enervate
4. to hurl, to throw, to cast

• “derrocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10