derribar

From Old Galician-Portuguese derribar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably from Vulgar Latin *deripo, from ripa. Cognate with Old Spanish derribar.

• IPA^(key): /deriˈbaɾ/ [d̪e.riˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: de‧rri‧bar

derribar (first-person singular present derribo, first-person singular preterite derribei, past participle derribado)

1. (transitive) to bring down, topple, demolish, take down

   Synonym: derrubar

   • 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 665:

     Et dona Sol, quando vio seu padre, derribou as toucas et começou a messar os cabelos, que auia taes com̃o fios d'ouro.

     And when lady Sol saw her father she took dawn her shawls and began to tear out her hairs, which were as threads of gold

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “derribar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “derribar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (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, 2012–2025
• 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 (2014).
• 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

• Hyphenation: der‧ri‧bar

derribar (first-person singular present derribo, first-person singular preterite derribei, past participle derribado)

1. alternative form of derrubar

From Vulgar Latin *derīpāre, from Latin rīpa, whence English river and riven (“torn apart violently”).

• IPA^(key): /deriˈbaɾ/ [d̪e.riˈβ̞aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧rri‧bar

derribar (first-person singular present derribo, first-person singular preterite derribé, past participle derribado)

1. to bring down, to shoot down

   Synonym: abatir

2. to knock down, to demolish, to break down, to tear down, to topple, to pull down, to kick down, to batter down

   Synonym: derruir

3. to overthrow

   Synonym: derrocar

4. to take down, to tackle, to knock over

• arruinar
• demoler
• humillar
• trastornar

• “derribar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024