derrumbar
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *dērūpō, from rūpēs (“cliff, rock”), with influence from romper (“to break”). Cognate with Portuguese derrubar (“to overthrow, to destroy, to knock down”) and with Spanish derrubio (“debris, deposit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /derumˈbaɾ/ [d̪e.rũmˈbaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧rrum‧bar
Verb
derrumbar (first-person singular present derrumbo, first-person singular preterite derrumbé, past participle derrumbado)
- (transitive) to demolish
- (reflexive) to break down, to slump
Conjugation
Conjugation of derrumbar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | |||||||
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gerund | |||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | |||||||
plural | |||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | vos | tú||||||
imperfect | |||||||
preterite | |||||||
future | |||||||
conditional | |||||||
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | vos2 | tú||||||
imperfect (ra) | |||||||
imperfect (se) | |||||||
future1 | |||||||
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | vos | tú||||||
negative | no derrumbes | no derrumbe | no derrumbemos | no derrumbéis | no derrumben |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of derrumbar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive | |||||||
dative | , | , | |||||
accusative | , , | , , | |||||
with gerund | |||||||
dative | , | , | |||||
accusative | , , | , , | |||||
with informal second-person singular tú imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | , | not used | , | ||||
with informal second-person singular vos imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | , | not used | , | ||||
with formal second-person singular imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | , | not used | ||||
accusative | not used | , , | not used | , | |||
with first-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | not used | , | , | ||||
with informal second-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | not used | , | , | ||||
with formal second-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | not used | , | ||||
accusative | not used | , | not used | , , |
Derived terms
- derrumbadero
- derrumbamiento
- derrumbe
- derrumbo
Further reading
- “derrumbar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014