Derrocar means ‘to overthrow’. It is a regular -ar verb with a spelling change (c becomes qu before e): derroco (present), derroqué (preterite), derrocado (past participle), derrocando (gerund).
Derrocar in use
En 1973, un golpe de Estado derrocó al presidente de ChileIn 1973, a coup overthrew the president of Chile
Han derrocado al Gobierno en apenas unas horasThe government has been overthrown in just a few hours
Muchos esperan que derroquen al dictadorMany people hope the dictator will be overthrown
On this pageIndicative
Indicative
Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality
ending the ending you addstem letters that changehaber auxiliary
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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