derribar

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to knock down

verb

derribar

transitive verb

1. to knock down, to demolish (construcción); to cut down, to fell (hacer caer) (árbol); to bring down (avión); to overthrow (gobierno, gobernante)

derribar [der-re-bar’]

article & verb transitive

1. To demolish, to level with the ground.

2. To throw down, to knock down, to fell, to bring to the ground; to flatten; to lay flat, to lodge, to prostrate.

Fue derribado sobre el Canal -> he was shot down over the Channel

3. To depose, to displace, to divest, to make a person lose protection, estimation, or acquired dignity.

4. To subject, to subdue disordered passions of the mind. (Metaphorical)

verb reflexive

5. To tumble down, to throw oneself on the ground.

Verb Conjugation for "derribar"

Infinitive: derribar

Gerund: derribando

Participle: derribado

	Presente	Pretérito	Imperfect	Futuro	Subjuntivo
Yo	derribo	derribé	derribaba	derribaré	derribe
Tú	derribas	derribaste	derribabas	derribarás	derribes
Ella/Él/Usted	derriba	derribó	derribaba	derribará	derribe
Nosotros	derribamos	derribamos	derribábamos	derribaremos	derribemos
Vosotros	derribáis	derribasteis	derribabais	derribaréis	derribéis
Ellos/Ustedes	derriban	derribaron	derribaban	derribarán	derriben