desabar

Portuguese

Etymology

des- + aba + -ar

Verb

desabar (first-person singular present indicative desabo, 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.
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  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to fall through
  3. (transitive) to topple, to knock down

Conjugation

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