desterrar
Portuguese, verb/des.teˈʁa(ʁ)/
desterrar is spelled D-E-S-T-E-R-R-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese, the 189,447th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desterrar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to exile, to expatriate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “condenar ao desterro; banir”.
What does desterrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to exile, to expatriate
- 2
to drive away, to banish
- 3
to cause to stop
- 4
to unearth
- 5
to go into exile
- 6
to withdraw, to distance oneself
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. condenar ao desterro; banir
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 desterrar
- desterro first-person present singular
- desterrei first-person preterite singular
- desterrado participle past
- desterrares infinitive second-person singular
- desterrarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desterrardes infinitive plural second-person
- desterrarem infinitive plural third-person
- desterrando gerund
- desterrados masculine participle past
- desterrada feminine participle past
- desterradas feminine participle past
- desterras indicative present second-person
- desterra indicative present singular
- desterramos first-person indicative plural
- desterrais indicative plural present
- desterram indicative plural present
- desterrava first-person imperfect indicative
- desterravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desterrar?
- Brazil /des.teˈʁa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [des.teˈha(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.teˈʁa(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 desterrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desterrar in Portuguese?
desterrar appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).