Portuguese English Dictionary

português - English

derrubar in English:

1. drop


Drop me a line.
At this rate, the risk is high that our country's competitive position will drop even further.
Even if the performance is good, I still say we drop the project.
It's getting dark early around here. The sun seems to drop like a rock when autumn rolls around.
If my plane doesn't crash, and if I do not get kidnapped by organ thieves, I will drop you a line at the beginning of the week.
Please leave a message after the beep or drop some candies in our mailbox.
We drop off our luggage in a small prefab hut and promptly start preparations.
It is the drop in the rice pricing (blamed on consumers' loss of interest in rice and the freeing up of the international market) that is the cause.
It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
Mr Suzuki persuaded his son to drop his plan to study abroad.
I've been meaning to drop by and see you, but I've been rather busy this week.
If you find yourself trapped by a bear in the forest, your best bet is to drop to the ground and play dead.
In order to prevent a further drop of the Japanese currency, the Bank of Japan intervened in the market to support it at around 150 yen to the dollar.
Want to drop round my place? "Can I?" "My parents come home late as they both work."
It is characteristic of the fork ball, one of baseball's change-ups, that a ball that flew straight will drop suddenly just before the batter.

2. knock down or knock over



3. knock over


knock over a cup/glass/ knock sb over
knock over

4. break down


I might break down and cry if you ask me about when my grandma died.
The photocopier is always breaking down. I hope he won't break down
Some teeeagers break down and try to commit suicide
break down computers
My father has been under a lot of the stress lately. I hope he won't break down.
Plastics do not break down quickly. It takes hundreds of years for a plastic bottle to decompose
I can't enter Facebook because the computer break down.
My car doesn't break down!
Something break down our connection

5. pull down


They had to pull down the old building to built a new shopping centre there.
they are planning to pull down all the old houses
They had to pull down the old building to built a new mall there.