descepar

to uproot

descepar

transitive verb

1. (to root out)

a. to uproot

No corten la maleza; hay que desceparla por completo.

Don't cut the weeds; you have to completely uproot them.

b. to pull up by the roots

Para construir en esa zona, tienen que descepar los árboles.

In order to build in that area, they have to pull the trees up by the roots.

2. (to remove)

a. to extirpate

Si pudieras cambiar algo en el mundo, ¿qué sería? - Yo desceparía la pobreza.

If you could change anything in the world, what would it be? - I'd extirpate poverty.

b. to eradicate

Ojalá pudiéramos descepar de una vez por todas la corrupción en el gobierno.

If only we could eradicate once and for all the corruption within the government.