desmoronar
Portuguese, verb/dez.mo.ɾoˈna(ʁ)/
desmoronar is spelled D-E-S-M-O-R-O-N-A-R (10 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,465th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desmoronar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to collapse; to crumble (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vir abaixo”.
What does desmoronar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to collapse; to crumble (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. vir abaixo
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 desmoronar
- desmorono first-person present singular
- desmoronei first-person preterite singular
- desmoronado participle past
- desmoronares infinitive second-person singular
- desmoronarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desmoronardes infinitive plural second-person
- desmoronarem infinitive plural third-person
- desmoronando gerund
- desmoronados masculine participle past
- desmoronada feminine participle past
- desmoronadas feminine participle past
- desmoronas indicative present second-person
- desmorona indicative present singular
- desmoronamos first-person indicative plural
- desmoronais indicative plural present
- desmoronam indicative plural present
- desmoronava first-person imperfect indicative
- desmoronavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desmoronar?
- Brazil /dez.mo.ɾoˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [dez.mo.ɾoˈna(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒiz.mo.ɾoˈna(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 desmoronar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desmoronar in Portuguese?
desmoronar appears 1.2 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).