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Meanings of tumble in English

Portuguese
tombo
Catalan
caiguda
Spanish
caída

A sudden drop from an upright position.

        tombo
        Portuguese
        entender
        Catalan
        comprendre
        Spanish
        comprender

        Understand, usually after some initial difficulty.

            entender
            Portuguese
            amarrotar
            Catalan
            ensorrar-se
            Spanish
            ajarse

            Fall apart.

                  amarrotar
                  Portuguese
                  derrubar
                  Catalan
                  tombar
                  Spanish
                  derribar

                  Cause to topple or tumble by pushing.

                        derrubar
                        Usage of tumble in English
                        1
                        We sink in water; in air we tumble; on earth we stumble.
                        Foul Play
                        2
                        Shane Long obviously likes a tumble but is clearly a good player.
                        The Guardian
                        3
                        The tumble returned shares to levels last seen in late October 1999.
                        The Irish Times
                        4
                        We don't often see power take such a tumble in this country.
                        The Guardian
                        5
                        If stock values tumble, so does the value of funds under management.
                        Reuters
                        6
                        But the weapon had been lost in the tumble down the cliff.
                        The Rover Boys out West; Or, The Search for a Lost Mine
                        7
                        Somebody might find the dome in the dark, and tumble into it.
                        The Adventures of Captain Horn
                        8
                        Paris pressed forward despite a tumble by Cap Gemini, the software company.
                        The Irish Times
                        9
                        Then I had to lie down in the bed and tumble it.
                        The Woman in Black
                        10
                        That led many mobile users to switch operators, causing prices to tumble.
                        Reuters
                        11
                        You respect me; but how if one day your respect should tumble?
                        Ecce homo (the autobiography of friedrich nietzsche)
                        12
                        At the base of the knolls he encountered a tumble-down stake-and-rider fence.
                        Burning Daylight
                        13
                        So much about this young, rough-and-tumble country reminded me of my own.
                        The lost girls: three friends. four continents. one unconvention...
                        14
                        The only country to tumble further was Syria, rocked by civil war.
                        Reuters
                        15
                        And they live in that little tumble-down house in Mullen Lane, and-
                        Janice Day, the Young Homemaker
                        16
                        Still, the drastic pace of the tumble has sent many companies scrambling.
                        Reuters
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                        Translations for tumble
                        Tumble through the time
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                        Common
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