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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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