desabar
Portuguese, verb/de.zaˈba(ʁ)/
desabar is spelled D-E-S-A-B-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,665th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desabar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to collapse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “abater”.
What does desabar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to collapse
- 2
to fall through
- 3
to topple, to knock down
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. abater 2. cair, desmoronar-se
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 desabar
- desabo first-person present singular
- desabei first-person preterite singular
- desabado participle past
- desabares infinitive second-person singular
- desabarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desabardes infinitive plural second-person
- desabarem infinitive plural third-person
- desabando gerund
- desabados masculine participle past
- desabada feminine participle past
- desabadas feminine participle past
- desabas indicative present second-person
- desaba indicative present singular
- desabamos first-person indicative plural
- desabais indicative plural present
- desabam indicative plural present
- desabava first-person imperfect indicative
- desabavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desabar?
- Brazil /de.zaˈba(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.zaˈba(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zaˈba(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desabar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desabar in Portuguese?
desabar appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).