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"tumbado" in English

TRANSLATIONS & EXAMPLES
tumbado{adjective masculine}
to down[downed · downed] {v.t.} (knock down)
Ha habido que tumbar las presas porque el delta del Danubio, que es propenso a las inundaciones, estaba prácticamente seco.
The dams had to be knocked down because the Danube delta, which is prone to flooding, had virtually dried up.
deben unirse para tumbar al gobierno
they must unite to bring down the government
me voy a tumbar un rato
I'm going to lie down for a while
tumbar(also: tirar)
to get down {vb} (tackle, bring down)
to poleax {v.t.} (fell)
to poleaxe {v.t.} [Brit.] (fell)
to upend[upended · upended] {v.t.} [coll.] (knock down)
to deck[decked · decked] {v.t.} [Amer.] [coll.] (knock down)
to drop[dropped · dropped] {v.t.} [coll.] (knock down)
tumbar[tumbando · tumbado] {transitive verb}
me voy a tumbar un rato
I'm going to lie down for a while
me voy a tumbar un rato
I'm going to have a lie-down
Son atados en corto, imposibilitando que se tumben, que descansen, no pueden hacer prácticamente nada, se patean entre ellos hasta morir.
They are close- tethered, they cannot lie down, they cannot make themselves comfortable, they can do nothing, and they trample each other to death.
to bump off {vb} [coll.]
Aunque mañana esta Cámara la tumbe, lo que conseguiremos es una nueva serie de nombramientos políticos, y seguirá pareciéndose a un asilo para políticos nacionales fracasados.
Even if tomorrow this House kicks it out, what we will get is a new set of political appointees, and it will still continue to look like a rest home for failed domestic politicians.

CONTEXT EXAMPLES
Context examples for "tumbado" in English(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.
Los franceses y los neerlandeses han tumbado el proyecto, pero ustedes siguen adelante como si nada.
The French and Dutch have scuppered the project, yet you go on as if this never happened.
estaba tumbado en el sofá todo despatarrado
he was sprawling all over the sofa
el gato estaba tumbado al sol
the cat was lazing in the sun
estaba tumbado boca arriba
he was lying on his back
estar tumbado sin hacer nada
to lie around
Con varias horas de debates por delante tendré la dicha de pasar todo el día en el hemiciclo y¿qué más puede querer un hombre, excepto, quizás, estar tumbado en una playa de Langkawi?
With several hours of further debates ahead of me, I will have been able to spend the whole day in the Hemicycle, and what more could a man want – except perhaps to be lying on a beach in Langkawi?!