Derrumbo in english

I break down

pronunciation: aɪbreɪkdaʊn part of speech: none
In gestures

derrumbar = crash + Nombre + to the ground ; knock down. 

Example: Over the last year he has pushed her around, fed her false truths, built up her hopes then crashed them to the ground.Example: Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.

more:

» derrumbarsecollapsecrumblecave ingo to + rack and ruincome apart at + the seamsfall apart at + the seamsgo to + ruinfall (in)to + ruin(s)fray around/at + the edges .

Example: There is no danger that the scheme will collapse for lack of central organization.

Example: Clearly the old barriers between disciplines, which began to crumble in the problem-orientated era, have now effectively disappeared, which presents further difficulties in the transmission of information.

Example: The article is entitled 'Sometimes the roof doesn't just leak, it caves in!'.

Example: It is a marvel to think that this is the place a few years back thought to be irretrievably gone to rack and ruin.

Example: The emergency services were frantically racing against the clock to try and hold together their city which was coming apart at the seams.

Example: Society is falling apart at the seams, causing individuals who have not been able to cope with the changes to feel unprotected and hopeless.

Example: Action is urgently needed to stop our village going to ruin = Se necesitan medidas urgentes para evitar que nuestro pueblo se vaya a la ruina.

Example: The abbey fell into ruin after the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII, and now very little of it remains.

Example: There are some signs that growth in the advanced economies may be fraying at the edges, and China may be embarking on another mini downturn.

» derrumbarse (estrepitósamente)crash down .

Example: It was the size of a truck and was breaking apart as it crashed down, throwing out little bits of hot shrapnel that zinged past me.
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