abalar as estruturas

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• abalar a estrutura

Verb

abalar as estruturas (first-person singular present abalo as estruturas, first-person singular preterite abalei as estruturas, past participle abalado as estruturas)

1. to present a challenge to the foundations or customs of; to rock or shake something to its core

   O onze de setembro abalou as estruturas do mundo ocidental.

   Nine-eleven shook the western world to its core.