desabar

Portuguese

Etymology

From des- + aba + -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zaˈba(ʁ)/ [de.zaˈba(h)], /d͡ʒi.zaˈba(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zaˈba(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.zaˈba(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒi.zaˈba(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.zaˈba(ʁ)/ [de.zaˈba(χ)], /d͡ʒi.zaˈba(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zaˈba(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zaˈba(ɻ)/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zaˈbaɾ/ [dɨ.zaˈβaɾ]

  • Hyphenation: de‧sa‧bar

Verb

desabar (first-person singular present desabo, first-person singular preterite desabei, past participle desabado)

  1. (intransitive) to collapse
    • 1865, José de Alencar, “XXV”, in As Minas de Prata:
      Ouviu-se então um grande estrondo; o teto da casa desabou todo, e de um só jacto, sepultando sob suas ruínas os sobejos do edifício.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to fall through
  3. (transitive) to topple, to knock down

Conjugation

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