derribar
Spanish, verb/deriˈbaɾ/
derribar is spelled D-E-R-R-I-B-A-R (8 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 13,412th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Derribar is a Spanish verb meaning “to bring down, to shoot down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Echar abajo un edificio, construcción o muros”.
What does derribar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bring down, to shoot down
- 2
to knock down, to demolish, to break down, to tear down, to topple, to pull down, to kick down, to batter down
- 3
to overthrow
- 4
to take down, to tackle, to knock over
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Echar abajo un edificio, construcción o muros. 2. Tirar al suelo a una persona, animal o cosa. 3. Hacer perder el poder, dignidad o posición privilegiada. 4. Hacer caer algo situado en lugar elevado.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of derribar
- derribo first-person present singular
- derribé first-person preterite singular
- derribado participle past
- derribando gerund
- derribada feminine participle past
- derribados masculine participle past
- derribadas feminine participle past
- derribas indicative informal present
- derribás indicative informal present
- derriba indicative present singular
- derribamos first-person indicative plural
- derribáis indicative plural present
- derriban indicative plural present
- derribaba first-person imperfect indicative
- derribabas imperfect indicative second-person
- derribábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- derribabais imperfect indicative plural
- derribaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce derribar?
- /deriˈbaɾ/
- [d̪e.riˈβ̞aɾ]
- [d̪eriˈβ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to derribar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is derribar in Spanish?
derribar appears 4.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).