derrocar
Portuguese, verb/de.ʁoˈka(ʁ)/
derrocar is spelled D-E-R-R-O-C-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written Portuguese, the 176,436th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Derrocar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to overthrow (to bring about downfall)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “degringolar”.
What does derrocar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to overthrow (to bring about downfall)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. degringolar 2. derrubar
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 derrocar
- derroco first-person present singular
- derroquei first-person preterite singular
- derrocado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- derrocares infinitive second-person singular
- derrocarmos first-person infinitive plural
- derrocardes infinitive plural second-person
- derrocarem infinitive plural third-person
- derrocando gerund
- derrocados masculine participle past
- derrocada feminine participle past
- derrocadas feminine participle past
- derrocas indicative present second-person
- derroca indicative present singular
- derrocamos first-person indicative plural
- derrocais indicative plural present
- derrocam indicative plural present
- derrocava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce derrocar?
- Brazil /de.ʁoˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.hoˈka(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to derrocar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is derrocar in Portuguese?
derrocar appears about once in every 38 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).