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derribar

/deriˈbaɾ/, [d̪e.riˈβ̞aɾ]

demolish, shoot down, take down

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

  1. to bring down, to shoot down
  2. to knock down, to demolish, to break down, to tear down, to topple, to pull down, to kick down, to batter down
  3. to overthrow
  4. to take down, to tackle, to knock over

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Tengo que derribar este árbol.

    I have to fell this tree.

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  • ¿Vas a derribar todos los árboles de aquí?

    Are you going to cut down all the trees here?

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  • Cualquier imbécil puede derribar un granero, pero se necesita un carpintero para construir uno.

    Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a carpenter to build one.

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  • Decidieron derribar el viejo edificio.

    They decided to pull down the old building.

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