surpa

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

surpa f (definite singular surpa, indefinite plural surper or surpor, definite plural surpene or surpone)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of sørpe

Romanian

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Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *subrūpāre, from Latin rupes (cliff). Compare Aromanian surpu, surpari, old Abruzzese dialect surrupare, Sicilian sdirupari. Compare also Italian dirupare, Galician and Portuguese derrubar, Spanish derribar.

Verb

a surpa (third-person singular present surpă, past participle surpat, third-person subjunctive surpe) 1st conjugation

  1. (reflexive) to cave in, collapse
  2. (transitive) to make cave in
  3. (reflexive) to collapse due to erosion
  4. (transitive) to bring to an erosion-induced collapse
  5. (transitive, obsolete, figurative) to bring down from a position of power

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