desterrar

v.

1 to banish, to exile (person).

2 to dismiss (idea).

3 to expatriate, to cast out, to banish, to deport.

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desterrar

Conjugation model [ACERTAR], like {{link=acertar}}acertar

► verbo transitivo

1 to exile, banish

2 figurado to banish

■ destierra el enfado y alégrate bury your anger and cheer up

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VT

1) (=exiliar) to exile, banish

2) (=desechar) to dismiss

desterrar una sospecha — to banish a suspicion from one's mind

desterrar el uso de las armas de fuego — to banish firearms, prohibit the use of firearms

3) (Agr, Min) to remove the soil from

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verbo transitivo

a) (expulsar) to exile, banish (liter)

b) (liter) <temor/duda> to banish; <costumbre/creencia> to stamp out, eradicate

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= banish, exile.

Ex. Many types and colours of shelving are now available, and forbidding dark wooden bookcases have been banished from most libraries.

Ex. He was unjustly court-martialed in 1894 for high treason and exiled to a penal colony on the coast of South America.

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verbo transitivo

a) (expulsar) to exile, banish (liter)

b) (liter) <temor/duda> to banish; <costumbre/creencia> to stamp out, eradicate

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= banish, exile.

Ex: Many types and colours of shelving are now available, and forbidding dark wooden bookcases have been banished from most libraries.

Ex: He was unjustly court-martialed in 1894 for high treason and exiled to a penal colony on the coast of South America.

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desterrar [A5 ]

vt

A

1 (expulsar) to exile, banish (liter)

2 (liter); ‹temor/duda› to banish; ‹costumbre/creencia› to stamp out, eradicate

acuerdos para desterrar el uso de sustancias nocivas para la capa de ozono agreements to withdraw from use substances which are harmful to the ozone layer

B ‹río› dredge

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desterrar (conjugate desterrar) verbo transitivo ‹persona› to exile, banish (liter)
desterrar verbo transitivo
1 (a una persona) to exile
2 (descartar un pensamiento, una idea) to dismiss
'desterrar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desnaturalizar
- olvidar
English:
banish
- exile

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desterrar vt

1. [persona] to banish, to exile

2. [idea] to dismiss;

[dudas, recelos] to banish

3. [costumbre, hábito] to do away with;

[prejuicios] to root out

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desterrar

v/t exile

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desterrar {55} vt

1) exiliar: to banish, to exile

2) erradicar: to eradicate, to do away with