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suplantar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • displace verb To force people to leave their home or homeland.
  • impersonate verb To pretend to be someone else, often to deceive or entertain.
  • spoof noun A humorous imitation that pokes fun at something, especially a film, show, or genre.
  • supersede verb To take the place of something older or less effective, so that the earlier version is no longer used or valid.
  • supplant verb To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.
  • understudy noun A performer who learns a role well enough to step in if the usual actor cannot perform.

Senses

suplantar is used for these senses in English:

  • displace To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
  • impersonate (transitive) To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of, especially when there is an intent to deceive.
  • spoof (transitive, computing) To falsify.
  • stand in To substitute for; to replace; (theater) to serve as an understudy.
  • supersede (transitive) To take the place of.
  • supplant (transitive) To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.
  • understudy To act as an understudy (to someone).

displace — full definition

  1. verb To force people to leave their home or homeland.
  2. verb To take the place of something or someone, often by being better suited.
  3. verb To move something out of its normal or original position.

impersonate — full definition

  1. verb To pretend to be someone else, often to deceive or entertain.
  2. verb (computing) To act with the access rights of a different user account.

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