desahuciar

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Spanish

Etymology

From des- + obsolete ahuciar (to reassure).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /desauˈθjaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /desauˈsjaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

desahuciar (first-person singular present desahucio, first-person singular preterite desahucié, past participle desahuciado)

  1. (transitive) to evict
    Synonym: desalojar
    • 2019 December 20, Alfonso L. Congostrina, “Los Mossos cargan contra los activistas que pretendían frenar un desahucio en Gràcia”, in El País:
      Palomera ha criticado: “Estas ocho furgonetas de antidistrubios no son para desmontar una red de narcotráfico, son para desahuciar a una familia que no puede pagar el alquiler que le exigen. Con menores de edad”.
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  2. (figurative, transitive) to give up (a lost cause, a terminal patient etc.)

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