desterrar
Spanish, verb/desteˈraɾ/
desterrar is spelled D-E-S-T-E-R-R-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 42,307th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desterrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to banish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Expulsar a alguien de un territorio”.
What does desterrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to banish
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Expulsar a alguien de un territorio. 2. Mandar algo lejos para no tenerlo cerca.
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 desterrar
- destierro first-person present singular
- desterré first-person preterite singular
- desterrado participle past
- e-ie alternation
- desterrando gerund
- desterrada feminine participle past
- desterrados masculine participle past
- desterradas feminine participle past
- destierras indicative informal present
- desterrás indicative informal present
- destierra indicative present singular
- desterramos first-person indicative plural
- desterráis indicative plural present
- destierran indicative plural present
- desterraba first-person imperfect indicative
- desterrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desterrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desterrabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desterrar?
- /desteˈraɾ/
- [d̪es.t̪eˈraɾ]
- [d̪est̪eˈraɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desterrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desterrar in Spanish?
desterrar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).