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desembarcar

to disembark, to land

verb deh-sem-bahr-KAHR Rare

Usage Note

Desembarcar means to get off a ship, plane, or vehicle and is the opposite of embarcar. The -car ending causes a spelling change in the first-person preterite: desembarqué. It can also be used figuratively for unloading goods or troops.

Examples

"Los pasajeros empezaron a desembarcar."

Natural Translation

The passengers began to disembark.

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