Polyglot Dictionary

derrumbe

/deˈrumbe/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los derrumbes

Meaning

  1. collapse

    • Hubo un derrumbe en la mina.

      There was a collapse in the mine.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

desplome

derrumbe and desplome are close synonyms for a "collapse," of a building, structure, or economically, interchangeable.

Practice

1 What does derrumbe mean?

2 Fill the gap: Hubo un ___ en la mina.

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