tombar

Catalan

Etymology

From an onomatopoetic / expressive root tumb- or tomb-, imitating the sound of rolling, tumbling, or falling. Compare French tomber, Spanish tumbar, Romanian tumbă, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tumˈba]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [tomˈba]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tomˈbaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

tombar (first-person singular present tombo, first-person singular preterite tombí, past participle tombat)

1. (transitive) to turn (to change the direction of by rotation)
2. (transitive) to flip over, to turn over (to rotate top to bottom)
3. (transitive) to knock down (to hit something so that it falls)
4. (intransitive) to turn, to spin (to move around an axis)

Derived terms

• tomb

Further reading

• “tombar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From an onomatopoetic / expressive root tumb- or tomb-, imitating the sound of rolling, tumbling, or falling. Compare Spanish tumbar, Catalan tombar, French tomber, Romanian tumbă, etc. Possibly a cognate of German taumeln.

Verb

1. to fall down; to tumble
2. (intransitive, euphemistic) to fall (to die, especially in battle)
3. to put into government protection
4. to register an estate (heritage wise)

Synonyms

• (to fall): cair