- derrocar
- v.1 to topple, to overthrow (gobierno).2 to unseat, to tumble, to bring down, to buck.El pueblo derribó al tirano The country overthrew the tyrant.3 to demolish, to knock down.4 to throw over a precipice, to hurl from the top.* * *derrocar► verbo transitivo1 (demoler) to pull down, demolish, knock down2 (gobierno) to overthrow, bring down; (ministro) to oust from office, topple* * *verbto overthrow* * *1. VT1) (Pol) [+ gobierno] to overthrow, topple; [+ ministro] to oust2) [+ edificio] to knock down, demolish3) (=despeñar) to hurl down2.See:* * *verbo transitivo to overthrow, topple* * *= oust, overthrow, topple, dethrone.Ex. These sources which form the basis of the intellectual selection of terms may be augmented by or ousted by the machine selection of terms.Ex. The result was that by the close of the 1940s new interests were developing which were destined to overthrow the preeminence of microfilm as a documentation concern.Ex. The latest opinion polls show that 48 percent of Americans would back the use of armed force to topple Saddam Hussein.Ex. Farming dethroned as leading industry -- after some 10,000 years the plurality of working humans no longer are engaged in farming, but rather the delivery of services.----* derrocar al gobierno = topple + the government.* derrocar el gobierno = bring down + the government.* * *verbo transitivo to overthrow, topple* * *= oust, overthrow, topple, dethrone.
Ex: These sources which form the basis of the intellectual selection of terms may be augmented by or ousted by the machine selection of terms.
Ex: The result was that by the close of the 1940s new interests were developing which were destined to overthrow the preeminence of microfilm as a documentation concern.Ex: The latest opinion polls show that 48 percent of Americans would back the use of armed force to topple Saddam Hussein.Ex: Farming dethroned as leading industry -- after some 10,000 years the plurality of working humans no longer are engaged in farming, but rather the delivery of services.* derrocar al gobierno = topple + the government.* derrocar el gobierno = bring down + the government.* * *derrocar [A2 ]vtto overthrow, topple* * *
derrocar (conjugate derrocar) verbo transitivo
to overthrow, topple
derrocar verbo transitivo Pol to overthrow, bring down: los militares derrocaron el gobierno, the army overthrew the government
'derrocar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
conspirar
English:
overthrow
- topple
- bring
- depose
- oust
- over
* * *derrocar vt[gobierno] to topple, to overthrow; [rey] to overthrow* * *derrocarv/t POL overthrow* * *derrocar {72} vtderribar: to overthrow, to topple
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.