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desembarcar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • alight verb To get off a vehicle or dismount from an animal.
  • disembark verb To get off a ship, plane, or other vehicle after a journey.
  • land noun The solid, dry part of the Earth's surface, as opposed to sea or sky.

Senses

desembarcar is used for these senses in English:

  • alight Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop.
  • disembark (transitive) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore
  • disembark (intransitive) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or aircraft.
  • get off (transitive, intransitive) To disembark, especially from mass transportation such as a bus or train; to depart from (a path, highway, etc).
  • land (intransitive) To arrive on land, especially a shore or dock, from a body of water.

alight — full definition

  1. verb To get off a vehicle or dismount from an animal.
  2. verb To land after flying, or to come to rest somewhere.
  3. adj On fire, or lit up with light.
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