desterrar

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to exile, to expatriate
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to drive away, to banish
  3. (transitive) to cause to stop
  4. (transitive) to unearth
  5. (reflexive) to go into exile
  6. (figuratively, reflexive) to withdraw, to distance oneself

Pronounced as (IPA)
/des.teˈʁa(ʁ)/
Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese desterrar, corresponding to des- + terra + -ar.

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