derribar

== Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese derribar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably from Vulgar Latin *deripo, from ripa. Cognate with Old Spanish derribar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /deriˈbaɾ/ [d̪e.riˈβ̞aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Hyphenation: de‧rri‧bar === Verb === derribar (first-person singular present derribo, first-person singular preterite derribei, past participle derribado) (transitive) to bring down, topple, demolish, take down Synonym: derrubar ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “derribar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “derribar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “derribar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “derribar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “derribar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “derribar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “derrubar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: der‧ri‧bar === Verb === derribar (first-person singular present derribo, first-person singular preterite derribei, past participle derribado) alternative form of derrubar ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “derribar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “derribar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *derīpāre, from Latin rīpa, whence English river and riven (“torn apart violently”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /deriˈbaɾ/ [d̪e.riˈβ̞aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: de‧rri‧bar === Verb === derribar (first-person singular present derribo, first-person singular preterite derribé, past participle derribado) to bring down, to shoot down Synonym: abatir to knock down, to demolish, to break down, to tear down, to topple, to pull down, to kick down, to batter down Synonym: derruir to overthrow Synonym: derrocar to take down, to tackle, to knock over ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== arruinar demoler humillar trastornar === Further reading === “derribar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025