desmoronar

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish desmoronar. === Pronunciation === === Verb === desmoronar (first-person singular present desmorono, first-person singular preterite desmoronei, past participle desmoronado) (intransitive) to collapse; to crumble (to fall down suddenly; to cave in) Synonyms: desabar, ruir ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “desmoronar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “desmoronar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Old Spanish desboronar, from des- and borona, perhaps from Celtiberian boruna (“brittle”). Compare Asturian esboroñar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /desmoɾoˈnaɾ/ [d̪ez.mo.ɾoˈnaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: des‧mo‧ro‧nar === Verb === desmoronar (first-person singular present desmorono, first-person singular preterite desmoroné, past participle desmoronado) (transitive) to erode, to crumble Synonyms: desmigajar, desmenuzar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “desmoronar”, 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