desbancar
Spanish, verb/desbanˈkaɾ/
desbancar is spelled D-E-S-B-A-N-C-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 71,694th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desbancar is a Spanish verb meaning “to unseat, oust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Desplazar o sustiuir a alguien en una posición suplantándole”.
What does desbancar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to unseat, oust
- 2
to surpass, overtake
- 3
to go bust
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Desplazar o sustiuir a alguien en una posición suplantándole 2. En ciertos juegos, ganar un jugador a la banca el dinero que puso en juego 3. Quitar, depejar de bancos un lugar 4. Retirar el apoyo a un proyecto.
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 desbancar
- desbanco first-person present singular
- desbanqué first-person preterite singular
- desbancado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- desbancando gerund
- desbancada feminine participle past
- desbancados masculine participle past
- desbancadas feminine participle past
- desbancas indicative informal present
- desbancás indicative informal present
- desbanca indicative present singular
- desbancamos first-person indicative plural
- desbancáis indicative plural present
- desbancan indicative plural present
- desbancaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desbancabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desbancábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desbancabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desbancar?
- /desbanˈkaɾ/
- [d̪ez.β̞ãŋˈkaɾ]
- [d̪esβ̞ãŋˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desbancar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desbancar in Spanish?
desbancar appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).