What does despencar in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word despencar in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use despencar in Portuguese.

The word despencar in Portuguese means separate, plummet, take off, come off, plummet, , despencar, cair, despencar, despencar, cair, despencar, cair, descer, tombar. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word despencar

separate

verbo transitivo (tirar ou soltar do cacho) (from bunch)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

plummet

verbo transitivo (BRA (cair de muito alto)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

take off

verbo transitivo (desprender)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")

come off

(desprender)

(phrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up.")

plummet

(moeda, ações: passar por queda) (shares, value)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

despencar

intransitive verb (fall rapidly) (BRA)

O avião despencou no chão.
The airplane plummeted to earth.

cair

verbal expression (figurative (prices, sales: fall rapidly) (preços, vendas: cair rapidamente)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
The price of crude oil took a tumble on the stock market today.

despencar

intransitive verb (figurative (plummet, collapse) (figurado)

Ever since a competing store opened nearby, our store's sales are tailspinning.

despencar

intransitive verb (figurative (decrease rapidly) (figurado)

Stocks nosedived for the fifth week in a row.

cair

intransitive verb (figurative (price, value: decrease) (figurado)

Os preços das ações da empresa caíram quando eles anunciaram uma queda nos lucros.
Share prices in the company slumped when they announced a fall in profits.

despencar

intransitive verb (informal, figurative (stocks, price: go down) (ações, preço)

O preço das ações da companhia despencaram após a súbita saída do diretor.
Share prices in the company are diving after the CEO's sudden resignation.

cair, descer, tombar

intransitive verb (finance: values, prices) (financeiro)

(verto intransitivo: Verbos que não exigem complemento. Ex. "existir", "dormir", etc.)
House prices have tumbled in the wake of the financial crisis.

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