despojar

v.

to strip, to devest, to deprive, to despoil.

El padrastro desalojó a los herederos The stepfather dispossed the heirs.

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despojar

► verbo transitivo

1 (quitar) to deprive (de, of), strip

■ la despojaron de todas sus joyas she was stripped of all her jewels

2 DERECHO to dispossess

3 (quitar lo que acompaña o cubre) to strip

4 familiar figurado (quitar el dinero) to fleece

► verbo pronominal despojarse

1 (quitarse ropa) to take off (de, -)

2 (desposeerse voluntariamente) to forsake (de, -), give up (de,-)

■ se despojó de su hacienda she gave up her property

3 figurado to free oneself (de, of)

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verb

to strip

- despojarse de

- despojarse

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1.

VT [de bienes] to strip; [de honores, títulos] to divest; (Jur) to dispossess

habían despojado la casa de muebles — they had stripped the house of furniture

verse despojado de su autoridad — to be stripped of one's authority

2.

See:

despojarse

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1.

verbo transitivo (frml)

despojar a alguien de algo — de privilegios/poderes to divest somebody of something (frml); de título/posesiones to dispossess (frml) o strip somebody of something

2.

despojarse v pron (frml o liter)

despojarse de algo — de ropa to remove something; de bienes to relinquish something

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= despoil, strip, cashier.

Ex. The main justifications, couched mostly in race-neutral terms, were that the squatters would increase crime, decrease property values, spread disease, & despoil the natural environment.

Ex. Pluto, scorned by astronomers who considered it too dinky and distant, was unceremoniously stripped of its status as a planet Thursday.

Ex. His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.

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* despojarse de = divest of, shed.

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1.

verbo transitivo (frml)

despojar a alguien de algo — de privilegios/poderes to divest somebody of something (frml); de título/posesiones to dispossess (frml) o strip somebody of something

2.

despojarse v pron (frml o liter)

despojarse de algo — de ropa to remove something; de bienes to relinquish something

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= despoil, strip, cashier.

Ex: The main justifications, couched mostly in race-neutral terms, were that the squatters would increase crime, decrease property values, spread disease, & despoil the natural environment.

Ex: Pluto, scorned by astronomers who considered it too dinky and distant, was unceremoniously stripped of its status as a planet Thursday.

Ex: His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.

* despojarse de = divest of, shed.

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despojar [A1 ]

vt

(frml) despojar A algn DE algo to strip sb OF sth

despojar a la Iglesia de sus bienes to divest the Church of its wealth (frml)

lo despojaron de todo lo que tenía they stripped o robbed him of everything he had

fue despojado de la corona he was stripped of his crown

■ despojarse

v pron

(frml o liter) despojarse DE algo ‹de ropa› to remove sth; ‹de bienes› to relinquish sth

despojarse de soberbias y vanidades to renounce all pride and vanity

los árboles se despojan de sus hojas the trees are shedding their leaves

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despojar (conjugate despojar) verbo transitivo (frml) despojar a algn de algo ‹de privilegios/poderes› to divest sb of sth (frml);
‹de título/posesiones› to dispossess (frml) o strip sb of sth
despojarse verbo pronominal (frml o liter) despojarse de algo ‹de ropa› to remove sth;
‹de bienes› to relinquish sth
despojar verbo transitivo to strip [de, of]: le despojaron de todo cuanto tenía, they stripped him of everything he had
'despojar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
despojo
- privar
English:
dispossess
- divest

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despojar

♦ vt

despojar a alguien de algo to strip sb of sth;

la despojaron de su cargo she was removed from her post;

los árboles despojados de sus hojas the trees stripped of their leaves;

la despojaron de todas las joyas they robbed her of all her jewellery;

fue despojado de todos sus derechos he was stripped of all his rights

♦ See also the pronominal verb despojarse

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despojar

v/t strip (de of)

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despojar vt

1) : to strip, to clear

2) : to divest, to deprive

♦ See also the reflexive verb despojarse