desalojar
Spanish, verb/desaloˈxaɾ/
desalojar is spelled D-E-S-A-L-O-J-A-R (9 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,282nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desalojar is a Spanish verb meaning “to vacate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer que un recinto o edificio quede vacío de gente”.
What does desalojar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to vacate
- 2
to remove, to evict (someone)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer que un recinto o edificio quede vacío de gente. 2. Expulsar o echar a algo de algún lugar. 3. Abandonar o retirarse de un lugar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of desalojar
- desalojo first-person present singular
- desalojé first-person preterite singular
- desalojado participle past
- desalojando gerund
- desalojada feminine participle past
- desalojados masculine participle past
- desalojadas feminine participle past
- desalojas indicative informal present
- desalojás indicative informal present
- desaloja indicative present singular
- desalojamos first-person indicative plural
- desalojáis indicative plural present
- desalojan indicative plural present
- desalojaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desalojabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desalojábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desalojabais imperfect indicative plural
- desalojaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desalojar?
- /desaloˈxaɾ/
- [d̪e.sa.loˈxaɾ]
- [d̪esaloˈxaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desalojar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desalojar in Spanish?
desalojar appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).