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Portuguese
Etymology
From des- (“un-, dis-”) + povoar (“populate”).
Pronunciation
Verb
despovoar (first-person singular present despovoo, first-person singular preterite despovoei, past participle despovoado)
- to unpopulate, depopulate; to fully or partially rid a place of people
- Synonyms: depopular, devastar
- (figurative, by extension) to empty, to remove what occupies a given space
- Synonyms: tirar, desornar, desguarnecer
Conjugation
Further reading
- “despovoar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “despovoar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
- “despovoar”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
- “despovoar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “despovoar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “despovoar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025