desabar

Portuguese

From des- +‎ aba +‎ -ar.

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.zaˈba(ʁ)/ [de.zaˈba(h)], /d͡ʒi.zaˈba(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zaˈba(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.zaˈba(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒi.zaˈba(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.zaˈba(ʁ)/ [de.zaˈba(χ)], /d͡ʒi.zaˈba(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zaˈba(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.zaˈba(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zaˈbaɾ/ [dɨ.zaˈβaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zaˈba.ɾi/ [dɨ.zaˈβa.ɾi]

desabar (first-person singular present desabo, first-person singular preterite desabei, past participle desabado)

(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.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(intransitive, figuratively) to fall through
(transitive) to topple, to knock down

Conjugation of desabar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.