surpa

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surpa

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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 1st conjugation · surpă · surpat · surpe · a surpa · surpând

reflexive to cave in, collapse
transitive to make cave in
reflexive to collapse due to erosion
transitive to bring to an erosion-induced collapse
figuratively, obsolete, transitive to bring down from a position of power

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undermine hinder, sabotage

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@misc{surpa_2026,
  title = {surpa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/surpa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}