Polyglot Dictionary

tumbar

/tumˈbaɾ/

verb B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
tumbo
preterite (yo)
tumbé
past participle
tumbado

Meaning

  1. to knock down

    • Se tumbó en el sofá.

      He lay down on the sofa.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Punctual Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

abatir

tumbar is physical and literal — to knock someone or something over; abatir can be literal, like shooting down a plane, or figurative, like disheartening someone.

derribar

derribar and tumbar are close synonyms for "to knock down"; tumbar is more colloquial.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

derrubar

derrubar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to knock down."

Practice

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