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derribar

Portuguese, verb/de.ʁiˈba(ʁ)/

derribar is spelled D-E-R-R-I-B-A-R (8 letters). Derribar is a Portuguese verb meaning “alternative form of derrubar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tirar de riba, fazer cair”.

What does derribar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    alternative form of derrubar

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. tirar de riba, fazer cair 2. abater, demolir, destruir 3. abaixar, descer

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of derribar

  • derribo first-person present singular
  • derribei first-person preterite singular
  • derribado participle past
  • derribares infinitive second-person singular
  • derribarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • derribardes infinitive plural second-person
  • derribarem infinitive plural third-person
  • derribando gerund
  • derribados masculine participle past
  • derribada feminine participle past
  • derribadas feminine participle past
  • derribas indicative present second-person
  • derriba indicative present singular
  • derribamos first-person indicative plural
  • derribais indicative plural present
  • derribam indicative plural present
  • derribava first-person imperfect indicative
  • derribavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce derribar?

  • Brazil /de.ʁiˈba(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [de.hiˈba(h)]
  • /de.ʁiˈba(ɾ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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