desmoronarse

desmoronarse

► verbo pronominal

1 to crumble, collapse, fall to pieces

2 (venir a menos) to crumble, collapse

3 figurado (decaer el ánimo) to lose heart, fall apart

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VPR

1) (=derrumbarse) [montaña, casa] to crumble; [ladrillos] to fall, come down

2) (=decaer) to decay

tras la muerte de su marido se desmoronó — after her husband's death she went to pieces

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verbo pronominal

a) muro/edificio to collapse; imperio/sociedad to crumble, collapse

b) fe/moral to crumble

se desmoronó física y psicológicamente — she went to pieces completely

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(v.) = collapse, crumble, fall + apart, fall to + pieces, come apart at + the seams, fall apart at + the seams

Ex. There is no danger that the scheme will collapse for lack of central organization.

Ex. Clearly the old barriers between disciplines, which began to crumble in the problem-orientated era, have now effectively disappeared, which presents further difficulties in the transmission of information.

Ex. Most of the packaging for cassettes provided by commercial vendors that are known nationwide is lousy, falls apart, looks bad, and so on.

Ex. One must accept that it is impossible to satisfy all people all the time; this author has seen several prison librarians fall to pieces, while the librarian was drowning in details.

Ex. The emergency services were frantically racing against the clock to try and hold together their city which was coming apart at the seams.

Ex. Society is falling apart at the seams, causing individuals who have not been able to cope with the changes to feel unprotected and hopeless.

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verbo pronominal

a) muro/edificio to collapse; imperio/sociedad to crumble, collapse

b) fe/moral to crumble

se desmoronó física y psicológicamente — she went to pieces completely

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(v.) = collapse, crumble, fall + apart, fall to + pieces, come apart at + the seams, fall apart at + the seams

Ex: There is no danger that the scheme will collapse for lack of central organization.

Ex: Clearly the old barriers between disciplines, which began to crumble in the problem-orientated era, have now effectively disappeared, which presents further difficulties in the transmission of information.

Ex: Most of the packaging for cassettes provided by commercial vendors that are known nationwide is lousy, falls apart, looks bad, and so on.

Ex: One must accept that it is impossible to satisfy all people all the time; this author has seen several prison librarians fall to pieces, while the librarian was drowning in details.

Ex: The emergency services were frantically racing against the clock to try and hold together their city which was coming apart at the seams.

Ex: Society is falling apart at the seams, causing individuals who have not been able to cope with the changes to feel unprotected and hopeless.

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desmoronarse (conjugate desmoronarse) verbo pronominal

a) [muro/edificio] to collapse;

[imperio/sociedad] to crumble, collapse

b) [fe/moral] to crumble;

[persona] to go to pieces
■desmoronarse verbo reflexivo to crumble, fall to pieces
'desmoronarse' also found in these entries:
English:
crumble
- break
- collapse

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vpr

1. [edificio, roca] to crumble, to fall to pieces

2. [ideales] to crumble, to fall to pieces;

[persona] to go to pieces;

se desmoronaba mentalmente she was going to pieces mentally;

se desmoronó a 100 metros de la llegada he collapsed 100 metres from the finishing line

3. [imperio, estado] to collapse, to fall apart

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desmoronarse

v/r tb fig

collapse

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vr

: to crumble, to deteriorate, to fall apart

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desmoronarse vb to crumble