Polyglot Dictionary

desahuciar

/desaˈusjaɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
desahucio
preterite (yo)
desahucié
past participle
desahuciado

Meaning

  1. to evict

    • Los desahuciaron.

      They were evicted.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

desalojar

desahuciar specifically means to evict through legal eviction proceedings, like evicting a tenant; desalojar is more general, to evacuate or clear out a place.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

desalojar

desalojar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to evict."

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