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TOPIK 5verb

전락하다

jeollakada [절라카다]

전락해요 · 전락했어요 · 전락할 거예요 · 전락한 (+noun)

to fall (into a worse state), to degenerate, to be reduced to

Example

한때 인기 있던 관광지가 이제는 쓰레기장으로 전락했어요.

A once-popular tourist spot has now been reduced to a dump.

Word parts

전 roll락 fall

Literally 'roll down and fall.'

Good to know

Pronounced [절라카다]. Pattern: N(으)로 전락하다 'to be reduced to N.'