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desplomar

to collapse

verb des-ploh-MAHR Rare
Travel & Places

Also means

to plummet

Usage Note

Desplomar is most commonly used reflexively: desplomarse means to collapse under one's own weight — a building, a market, or a person fainting. La bolsa se desplomó (the stock market crashed). It implies a sudden, total fall rather than a gradual decline, which would be caer or descender. The noun form is desplome (collapse, slump).

Examples

"El edificio se desplomó en pocos segundos."

Natural Translation

The building collapsed within seconds.

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