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Sentence

Después del divorcio se vino abajo

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

After the divorce he went to pieces.

Notes

Venirse abajo es una expresión que significa deprimirse, derrumbarse. Se puede usar para personas - como estado de ánimo - o para edificios y recintos.



Analysis


después
     1. adv. later, afterwards, afterward, post
     2. adv. next
     3. adv. (with de) after
del
     1. contraction. of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular).
     de
          1. prep. of; 's; (used after the thing owned and before the owner)
          2. prep. from (with the source or provenance of or at)
          3. prep. of (expressing composition, substance)
          4. prep. about (concerning; with regard to)
          5. prep. of, from (indicating cause)
          6. prep. of (indicates a quality or characteristic)
          7. prep. from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at)
          8. prep. of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective)
          9. prep. from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of)
          10. prep. than (in certain phrases)
          11. prep. (used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns))
          12. prep. (followed by the infinitive) (indicates a conditional desire)
          13. prep. indicates a time of day or period of someone's life
          14. prep. (after a noun and before a verb) (indicates the purpose of an object)
     el
          1. art. (masculine singular definite article); the
          2. art. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed 'a':
divorcio
     1. n-m. divorce (the legal dissolution of a marriage)
     2. n-m. divorce (a separation of connected things)
     3. v. first-person singular present indicative of divorciar
     divorciar
          1. v. to divorce (to legally dissolve a marriage)
          2. v. to divorce (to end one's own marriage)
          3. v. to divorce (to obtain a legal divorce)
se
     1. pron. (third person (also used for usted and ustedes) reflexive direct or indirect object) oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; each other; one another
     2. pron. (used to convey the meaning of the English passive voice in the third person and with) usted and ustedes
     3. pron. (used instead of indirect object pronouns) le and les (before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, or las)
     4. v. misspelling of sé
vino
     1. n-m. wine
     2. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of venir
     venir
          1. v. to come (to move towards the speaker)
          2. v. to achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate
abajo
     1. adv. down, downwards
     2. adv. downstairs
     3. adv. below
     4. interj. (figuratively) down with, away with
     5. v. first-person singular present indicative of abajar
     abajar
          1. v. to lower
          2. v. to go down, to descend




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