desolar

v.

1 to devastate, to lay waste.

2 to cause anguish to.

la muerte del padre desoló a la familia the father's death devastated the family

3 to desolate, to lay waste, to afflict, to despoil.

Ellos desolaron el pueblo They desolated the town.

4 to bereave, to make desolate, to deprive.

5 to desert, to forsake, to abandon completely.

Ellos desolaron a la gente They deserted the people.

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desolar

Conjugation model [CONTAR], like {{link=contar}}contar

► verbo transitivo

1 (devastar) to devastate

2 (desconsolar) to desolate, distress

► verbo pronominal desolarse

1 to be grieved

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1. VT

1) [+ ciudad, poblado] to devastate, lay waste (to) liter

2) [+ persona] to devastate

2.

See:

desolarse

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verbo transitivo <país/campos> to lay waste (to) (liter)

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= ravage, rack [wrack], despoil, desolate.

Ex. The rigours of the climate and the effects of war and political unrest have ravaged this country's cultural heritage.

Ex. Both countries that have been wracked for the last ten years by violent civil wars.

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. You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs; you cannot destroy the practices of barbarism which for centuries have desolated Africa without the use of force.

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verbo transitivo <país/campos> to lay waste (to) (liter)

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= ravage, rack [wrack], despoil, desolate.

Ex: The rigours of the climate and the effects of war and political unrest have ravaged this country's cultural heritage.

Ex: Both countries that have been wracked for the last ten years by violent civil wars.

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: You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs; you cannot destroy the practices of barbarism which for centuries have desolated Africa without the use of force.

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desolar [A10 ]

vt

A ‹país/campos› to lay waste (liter), to lay waste to (liter), to devastate

B (afligir) to devastate

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desolar verbo transitivo to devastate
'desolar' also found in these entries:
English:
devastate

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desolar

♦ vt

1. [destruir] to devastate, to lay waste

2. [afligir] to cause anguish to;

la muerte del padre desoló a la familia the father's death devastated the family

♦ See also the pronominal verb desolarse

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desolar

v/t tb fig

devastate