surpa

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

surpa f (definite singular surpa, indefinite plural surper or surpor, definite plural surpene or surpone)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of sørpe

Romanian

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Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *subrūpāre, from Latin rupes (cliff). Compare Aromanian surpu, surpari, old Abruzzese dialect surrupare, Sicilian sdirupari. Compare also Italian dirupare, Galician and Portuguese derrubar, Spanish derribar.

Verb

a surpa (third-person singular present surpă, past participle surpat) 1st conjugation

  1. to undermine, make fall, cave in
    Synonyms: submina, săpa
  2. to annihilate, destroy, crumble, ruin
    Synonym: distruge

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