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desalojar

Portuguese, verb/de.za.loˈʒa(ʁ)/

desalojar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to remove, to evict, to dislodge (someone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lançar fora de um alojamento”.

What does desalojar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to remove, to evict, to dislodge (someone)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. lançar fora de um alojamento 2. expelir de um posto 3. tirar de um lugar

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of desalojar

  • desalojo first-person present singular
  • desalojei first-person preterite singular
  • desalojado participle past
  • desalojares infinitive second-person singular
  • desalojarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • desalojardes infinitive plural second-person
  • desalojarem infinitive plural third-person
  • desalojando gerund
  • desalojados masculine participle past
  • desalojada feminine participle past
  • desalojadas feminine participle past
  • desalojas indicative present second-person
  • desaloja indicative present singular
  • desalojamos first-person indicative plural
  • desalojais indicative plural present
  • desalojam indicative plural present
  • desalojava first-person imperfect indicative
  • desalojavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce desalojar?

  • Brazil /de.za.loˈʒa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [de.za.loˈʒa(h)]
  • Brazil /d͡ʒi.za.loˈʒa(ʁ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?

desalojar appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).