echar abajo

Spanish

Verb

echar abajo (first-person singular present echo abajo, first-person singular preterite eché abajo, past participle echado abajo)

1. (idiomatic) to break down
2. (idiomatic) to overthrow
3. (idiomatic) to bring down (government)

Further reading

• “echar, o tirar, algo abajo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10