despachar
Meaning
- (transitive) to complete, conclude
- (transitive) to send or ship
- (transitive) to attend to, serve (a client)
- (transitive) to dismiss
- (transitive) to finish off
- (transitive) to kill off
Concepts
give the sack
come to a decision
get it settled
address
Synonyms
dar salida
enviar a una persona
dar aviso
enviar fuera
dejar cesante
matar violentamente
quitar de enmedio
carrerear
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
des‧pa‧char
Pronounced as (IPA)
/despaˈt͡ʃaɾ/
Etymology
In summary
Borrowed from Provençal despachar, from Old French despeechier (“to remove impediments”) (compare modern French dépêcher), from des- + empeechier (“to obstruct, to impede”), from Late Latin impedicāre (“to impede”), from pedica (“shackle”).
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