kuporomoka

How to say it

Meaning

Of a building, a road or rocks, to fall down or give way; figuratively, of a price, a currency, a team's form or morals, to drop steeply.

Good to know

Intransitive: jengo liliporomoka, the building collapsed. Kuporomoka kwa shilingi is the fall of the shilling; the causative kuporomosha is to bring down.

Examples

• Ukuta wa zamani uliporomoka baada ya mvua kubwa.The old wall collapsed after heavy rain.
• Bei ya kahawa imeporomoka mwaka huu.The price of coffee has dropped sharply this year.
• Tunaogopa daraja hili linaweza kuporomoka.We fear this bridge may collapse.