desamparar

From des- +‎ amparar, from Vulgar Latin *anteparāre (“to protect, to prepare”), from Latin ante + parō (“to stop, lodge”).

desamparar (first-person singular present desamparo, first-person singular preterite desamparei, past participle desamparado)

1. (transitive) to forsake; to abandon; to leave behind (to stop or refrain from supporting)

   Synonyms: abandonar, largar

   Antonyms: amparar, apoiar

2. (architecture, transitive) to remove a physical support

• desamparado
• amparo

From des- +‎ amparar (“to safeguard”), from Vulgar Latin *anteparāre (“to prevent”).

• IPA^(key): /desampaˈɾaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧sam‧pa‧rar, des‧am‧pa‧rar

desamparar (first-person singular present desamparo, first-person singular preterite desamparé, past participle desamparado)

1. (transitive) to forsake

• “desamparar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10