Polyglot Dictionary

despejar

/dʒispeˈʒaɾ/

verb B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
despejo
preterite (eu)
despejei
past participle
despejado

Meaning

  1. to pour out, evict

    • Despejou a água.

      He poured out the water.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

desalojar

desalojar and despejar are close synonyms for "to evict"; despejar also separately means "to pour out."

Similar in other languages

German

ausschwärmen

Close — to swarm out and to pour out overlap.

German

ausströmen

Close — to stream out and to pour out overlap.

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