Derribar means ‘to knock down/demolish’. It is a regular -ar verb: derribo (present), derribé (preterite), derribado (past participle), derribando (gerund).
Derribar in use
El ayuntamiento derribó la vieja fábrica el año pasadoThe council demolished the old factory last year
Hemos derribado la pared de la cocina para tener más luzWe've knocked down the kitchen wall to get more light
El defensa derriba al delantero y el árbitro pita penaltiThe defender brings down the striker and the referee gives a penalty
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Indicative
Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality
The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.
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