Перевод: с испанского на английский

с английского на испанский

el huracán derribó varias casas

  • 1 derribar

    v.
    1 to knock down, to demolish.
    Ella derribó la puerta She knocked down the door.
    2 to overthrow.
    El pueblo derribó al tirano The country overthrew the tyrant.
    3 to down, to bring down.
    Ella derriba las paredes She downs the walls.
    4 to blow down, to blow over.
    5 to crush.
    * * *
    1 (demoler) to pull down, demolish, knock down
    ■ derribar un edificio to demolish a building, knock down a building
    3 (avión, enemigo) to shoot down, bring down
    4 (una puerta) to batter down
    5 figurado (gobierno) to overthrow; (ministro) to topple
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=derrumbar) [+ edificio] to knock down, pull down; [+ puerta] to batter down; [+ barrera] to tear down

    el huracán derribó varias casas — the hurricane blew down o brought down a number of houses

    2) [+ persona] to knock down; (Boxeo) to floor
    3) (Aer) to shoot down, bring down
    4) (Caza) to shoot, bag
    5) [+ gobierno] to bring down, topple
    6) [+ pasión] to subdue
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <edificio/muro> to demolish, knock down; < puerta> to break down
    b) < avión> to shoot down, bring down
    c) < persona> to floor, knock... down; < novillo> to knock... over
    d) viento to bring down
    e) < gobierno> to overthrow, topple
    * * *
    = knock out, tear down, smash, pull down, topple, bulldoze, knock down, fell, raze, lay + Nombre + low.
    Ex. Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.
    Ex. A group opposing the incumbent alderman decided that the board's feasibility study amounted to a covert plan to tear down the house that served as the library and erect an ugly building.
    Ex. The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.
    Ex. Evacuation of the building was followed by a recovery process which included covering stacks with plastic, locating damaged books, pulling down water-soaked ceiling tiles and removing computer terminals.
    Ex. The latest opinion polls show that 48 percent of Americans would back the use of armed force to topple Saddam Hussein.
    Ex. Nothing is left except debris and there remains nothing to salvage: only to bulldoze, clear and throw into rubbish dumps.
    Ex. Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.
    Ex. In this study, thirty-four-year-old chestnut trees were felled, measured and weighed to evaluate their aboveground biomass.
    Ex. The motel, which was built in 1953, will be razed to make way for a parking lot.
    Ex. She suffered frequent flare-ups of widespread inflammation that would lay her low for days on end.
    ----
    * derribar a Alguien de un golpe = knock + Nombre + to the ground, knock + Nombre + to the floor.
    * derribar completamente = raze + Nombre + to the ground.
    * derribar una barrera = topple + barrier.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <edificio/muro> to demolish, knock down; < puerta> to break down
    b) < avión> to shoot down, bring down
    c) < persona> to floor, knock... down; < novillo> to knock... over
    d) viento to bring down
    e) < gobierno> to overthrow, topple
    * * *
    = knock out, tear down, smash, pull down, topple, bulldoze, knock down, fell, raze, lay + Nombre + low.

    Ex: Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.

    Ex: A group opposing the incumbent alderman decided that the board's feasibility study amounted to a covert plan to tear down the house that served as the library and erect an ugly building.
    Ex: The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.
    Ex: Evacuation of the building was followed by a recovery process which included covering stacks with plastic, locating damaged books, pulling down water-soaked ceiling tiles and removing computer terminals.
    Ex: The latest opinion polls show that 48 percent of Americans would back the use of armed force to topple Saddam Hussein.
    Ex: Nothing is left except debris and there remains nothing to salvage: only to bulldoze, clear and throw into rubbish dumps.
    Ex: Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.
    Ex: In this study, thirty-four-year-old chestnut trees were felled, measured and weighed to evaluate their aboveground biomass.
    Ex: The motel, which was built in 1953, will be razed to make way for a parking lot.
    Ex: She suffered frequent flare-ups of widespread inflammation that would lay her low for days on end.
    * derribar a Alguien de un golpe = knock + Nombre + to the ground, knock + Nombre + to the floor.
    * derribar completamente = raze + Nombre + to the ground.
    * derribar una barrera = topple + barrier.

    * * *
    derribar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹edificio/muro› to demolish, knock down, pull down; ‹puerta› to break down
    2 ‹avión› to shoot down, bring down, down ( colloq)
    3 ‹persona› to floor, knock … down, lay … out ( colloq); ‹novillo› to knock … over
    4 «viento» to bring down
    el viento derribó varios árboles the wind brought down several trees
    5 ‹gobierno› to overthrow
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    derribar    
    derribar algo
    derribar ( conjugate derribar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹edificio/muro› to demolish, knock down;

    ‹ puerta› to break down

    c) ‹ persona› to floor, knock … down;

    ‹ novillo› to knock … over


    derribar verbo transitivo
    1 (un edificio) to pull down
    (a una persona) to knock down
    (un avión) to shoot down
    2 (un gobierno) to bring down
    ' derribar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abatir
    - echar
    - tirar
    - botar
    English:
    blow down
    - blow over
    - bowl over
    - break down
    - bring down
    - bulldoze
    - demolish
    - fell
    - floor
    - kick down
    - knock down
    - pull down
    - shoot down
    - tear down
    - bowl
    - bring
    - down
    - knock
    - shoot
    - topple
    - unseat
    * * *
    1. [construcción, edificio, muro, pared] to knock down, to demolish;
    [puerta] to break down, to smash down;
    derribó el castillo de naipes she knocked down the house of cards
    2. [árbol] [sujeto: leñador] to cut down, to fell;
    [sujeto: viento, tormenta] to uproot
    3. [avión, jugador, res] to bring down;
    [púgil, luchador] to knock down, to floor; [jinete] to unseat
    4. [gobierno, gobernante] to overthrow
    5. [en equitación] [obstáculo] to knock over o down
    * * *
    v/t
    1 edificio, persona knock down
    2 avión shoot down
    3 POL bring down
    * * *
    1) demoler, derrumbar: to demolish, to knock down
    2) : to shoot down, to bring down (an airplane)
    3) derrocar: to overthrow
    * * *
    1. (edificio) to demolish / to pull down
    2. (persona) to knock down

    Spanish-English dictionary > derribar

См. также в других словарях:

  • Huracán Dean — Para otros usos de este término, véase Huracán Dean (desambiguación). Huracán Dean Categoría 5  (EHSS) …   Wikipedia Español

  • Huracán de Galveston (1900) — Huracán de Galveston Categoría 4  (EHSS) Análisis de superficie del huracán el día 8 de septiembre de 1900, justo antes de tocar tierra …   Wikipedia Español

  • Huracán Alberto (1982) — Huracán Categoría 1  (EHSS) …   Wikipedia Español

  • Operación Corporate — La Operación Corporate (en inglés: Operation Corporate) fue el nombre en código que el Reino Unido dio al conjunto de sus acciones militares en la Guerra de las Malvinas en 1982. Su objetivo era la apropacion para la Corona Británica de las islas …   Wikipedia Español

  • Catedral de Santa Catalina de Alejandría de Cartagena de Indias — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Este artículo trata sobre una catedral colombiana. Para la antigua catedral en España, véase Catedral de Cartagena …   Wikipedia Español

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Прямая ссылка:
… Нажмите правой клавишей мыши и выберите «Копировать ссылку»