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1 desplomarse
pron.v.to collapse.se desplomó agotado en el sillón he collapsed exhausted into the chair* * *1 (caer una pared) to tumble down2 (caer algo de peso) to fall down, collapse, topple over3 (persona) to collapse4 (precios) to slump, fall sharply* * *verb1) to fall2) collapse* * *VPR1) (=derrumbarse) [persona, gobierno] to collapse; [edificio] to topple over; [al vacío] to plummet downel avión se desplomó — the plane fell o dropped out of the sky
2) (Econ) [precios] to slump, tumble* * *verbo pronominal1) persona/edificio to collapse2) precio/cotización to crash; ilusiones to be shattered; esperanzas to be dashed; sistema/régimen to collapse* * *= slump, tumble down, cave in, flake out, tumble, plummet, slump in + a heap, take + a tumble, keel over.Ex. The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.Ex. The article has the title 'The walls come tumbling down'.Ex. The article is entitled 'Sometimes the roof doesn't just leak, it caves in!'.Ex. After dancing his heart out for an hour or two, and drinking more beers than he should, he flaked out earlier than most.Ex. The form this 'hypothesis' has come to take is easily dismissed as a straw figure and serious consideration of the relation between language diversity and thinking has largely tumbled with it.Ex. The costs of retrieval and distribution of information have plummeted and may be further reduced in future.Ex. One day she indulged in her habit of swigging too much gin before going to feed the porker and after opening its pen she slumped in a heap.Ex. Tourism takes a tumble in Australia due to the global credit crunch.Ex. If I was running at a dead sprint going full tilt, I do not think I could make it much more than maybe one mile before I would keel over.* * *verbo pronominal1) persona/edificio to collapse2) precio/cotización to crash; ilusiones to be shattered; esperanzas to be dashed; sistema/régimen to collapse* * *= slump, tumble down, cave in, flake out, tumble, plummet, slump in + a heap, take + a tumble, keel over.Ex: The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
Ex: The article has the title 'The walls come tumbling down'.Ex: The article is entitled 'Sometimes the roof doesn't just leak, it caves in!'.Ex: After dancing his heart out for an hour or two, and drinking more beers than he should, he flaked out earlier than most.Ex: The form this 'hypothesis' has come to take is easily dismissed as a straw figure and serious consideration of the relation between language diversity and thinking has largely tumbled with it.Ex: The costs of retrieval and distribution of information have plummeted and may be further reduced in future.Ex: One day she indulged in her habit of swigging too much gin before going to feed the porker and after opening its pen she slumped in a heap.Ex: Tourism takes a tumble in Australia due to the global credit crunch.Ex: If I was running at a dead sprint going full tilt, I do not think I could make it much more than maybe one mile before I would keel over.* * *desplomarse [A1 ]A1 «persona» to collapsecayó desplomado al suelo he collapsed onto the floor2 «torre/edificio» to collapseB1 «precio/cotización» to plunge, plummet, crash2 «ilusiones» to be shattered; «esperanzas» to be dashedse desplomaron todos sus planes all his plans fell through3 «sistema/régimen» to collapse* * *
desplomarse ( conjugate desplomarse) verbo pronominal [persona/edificio] to collapse
desplomarse verbo reflexivo to collapse
(precios) to slump, fall sharply: al oír la noticia, se desplomó al suelo, when she heard the news she collapsed on the floor
' desplomarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
derrumbarse
- redondo
English:
collapse
- plunge
- slump
- tumble down
- drop
* * *vpr1. [caer] [persona, edificio, andamio] to collapse;[techo] to fall o cave in;se desplomó agotado en el sillón he collapsed exhausted into the chair2. [hundirse] [divisa, bolsa, precios] to plummet;[gobierno] to collapse, to fall; [imperio, sistema] to collapse* * *v/r collapse* * *desplomarse vr1) : to plummet, to fall2) derrumbarse: to collapse, to break down* * *desplomarse vb to collapse -
2 cuan
adv.how, to what degree.* * *1 formal as* * *adv.* * *ADV liter* * ** * ** * *cayó al suelo cuan largo era he fell full-length on the floorquedó demostrado cuan incapaz es the full extent of his incompetence was made plain for all to see* * *cuan adv[todo lo que]se desplomó cuan largo era he fell flat on the ground* * *adv how* * *cuán adv: how¡cuán risible fue todo eso!: how funny it all was! -
3 cuán
adv.how, to what degree.* * *1 formal as* * *adv.* * *ADV liter* * *adverbio (liter) how* * ** * *cayó al suelo cuan largo era he fell full-length on the floorquedó demostrado cuan incapaz es the full extent of his incompetence was made plain for all to see* * *cuan adv[todo lo que]se desplomó cuan largo era he fell flat on the ground* * *adv how* * *cuán adv: how¡cuán risible fue todo eso!: how funny it all was!
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