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Title: Feed : derrocar - to demolish, to knock down, to throw down, to overthrow, to remove someone from office, to topple someone from power
Post by: Spanish word of the day on 10 Mar, 2021, 01:03:08 pm

derrocar - to demolish, to knock down, to throw down, to overthrow, to remove someone from office, to topple someone from power

Spanish example: Puede ocurrir como en Ecuador, que las organizaciones sociales derrocaron a Abdalá Bucaram.

English example: It can happen like it did in Ecuador, where the social organizations overthrew Abdalá Bucaram.
Source: derrocar - to demolish, to knock down, to throw down, to overthrow, to remove someone from office, to topple someone from power (https://www.123teachme.com/spanish_feeds/word_of_the_day/2021/3/10)