desabar

Portuguese

Etymology

From des- +‎ aba +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (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)]
    • (Caipira) IPA(key): /de.zaˈba(ɻ)/, /d͡ʒi.zaˈba(ɻ)/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zaˈba(ʁ)/ [de.zaˈba(h)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zaˈbaɾ/ [dɨ.zaˈβaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zaˈba.ɾi/ [dɨ.zaˈβa.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: de‧sa‧bar

Verb

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

  1. (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)
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to fall through
  3. (transitive) to topple, to knock down

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desabar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal desabar
Personal desabar desabares desabar desabarmos desabardes desabarem
Gerund
desabando
Past participle
Masculine desabado desabados
Feminine desabada desabadas
Indicative
Present desabo desabas desaba desabamos desabais desabam
Imperfect desabava desabavas desabava desabávamos desabáveis desabavam
Preterite desabei desabaste desabou desabamos1, desabámos2 desabastes desabaram
Pluperfect desabara desabaras desabara desabáramos desabáreis desabaram
Future desabarei desabarás desabará desabaremos desabareis desabarão
Conditional desabaria desabarias desabaria desabaríamos desabaríeis desabariam
Subjunctive
Present desabe desabes desabe desabemos desabeis desabem
Imperfect desabasse desabasses desabasse desabássemos desabásseis desabassem
Future desabar desabares desabar desabarmos desabardes desabarem
Imperative
Affirmative desaba desabe desabemos desabai desabem
Negative (não) não desabes não desabe não desabemos não desabeis não desabem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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