deportar
to deport
verb deh-pohr-TAHR Rare
Origin: From Latin deportare (to carry away).
Usage Note
Deportar means to expel a person from a country by official order. It is strictly an immigration and legal term; the noun is deportación and the person expelled is el/la deportado/a. It shares its Latin root deportare ('to carry away') with deporte ('sport'), which evolved separately from deportarse ('to amuse oneself').
Examples
"El gobierno decidió deportar a los migrantes."
Natural Translation
The government decided to deport the migrants.
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