tumbar

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tumˈbaɾ/ [t̪ũmˈbaɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to knock over, tip (make fall)
2. (intransitive) to fall
3. (reflexive) to lie down

Synonyms

• (make fall): botar
• (fall): caerse
• (lay down): acostarse, echarse

Derived terms

• tumbaburros
• tumbarse a la bartola

 

Related terms

• retumbar
• tumba
• tumbona