deshabitar

Catalan

Etymology

From des- +‎ habitar.

Verb

deshabitar (first-person singular present deshabito, first-person singular preterite deshabití, past participle deshabitat)

1. (transitive) to move out of, to abandon
2. (transitive) to depopulate

   Synonym: despoblar

3. (intransitive, pronominal) to empty
   • 2021 November 3, Eloi Barrera, “Disputa pel títol de "poble més alt de Catalunya"”, in 3Cat‎^[1], Catalunya al dia:

     "Però si es busca el poble més alt, és Rubió. És un poble que mai s'ha deshabitat, hi ha un restaurant i un jardí de roques visitable."

     "But if you're looking for the highest village, it's Rubió. It's a village which has never emptied out, there's a restaurant and a visitable rock garden."

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deshabitar (first conjugation)

infinitive			deshabitar
gerund			deshabitant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		deshabitat		deshabitada
		plural		deshabitats		deshabitades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	deshabito	deshabites	deshabita	deshabitem	deshabiteu	deshabiten
	imperfect	deshabitava	deshabitaves	deshabitava	deshabitàvem	deshabitàveu	deshabitaven
	future	deshabitaré	deshabitaràs	deshabitarà	deshabitarem	deshabitareu	deshabitaran
	preterite	deshabití	deshabitares	deshabità	deshabitàrem	deshabitàreu	deshabitaren
	conditional	deshabitaria	deshabitaries	deshabitaria	deshabitaríem	deshabitaríeu	deshabitarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	deshabiti	deshabitis	deshabiti	deshabitem	deshabiteu	deshabitin
	imperfect	deshabités	deshabitessis	deshabités	deshabitéssim	deshabitéssiu	deshabitessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	deshabita	deshabiti	deshabitem	deshabiteu	deshabitin
	negative (no)	—	no deshabitis	no deshabiti	no deshabitem	no deshabiteu	no deshabitin

Related terms

• inhabitat

Further reading

• “deshabitar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Portuguese

Verb

deshabitar (first-person singular present deshabito, first-person singular preterite deshabitei, past participle deshabitado)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of desabitar
2. prescribed spelling of desabitar under the Orthographic Agreement of 1931, which was not effectively implemented

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deshabitar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	deshabitar
Personal	deshabitar	deshabitares	deshabitar	deshabitarmos	deshabitardes	deshabitarem
Gerund
	deshabitando
Past participle
Masculine	deshabitado			deshabitados
Feminine	deshabitada			deshabitadas
Indicative
Present	deshabito	deshabitas	deshabita	deshabitamos	deshabitais	deshabitam
Imperfect	deshabitava	deshabitavas	deshabitava	deshabitávamos	deshabitáveis	deshabitavam
Preterite	deshabitei	deshabitaste	deshabitou	deshabitamos1, deshabitámos2	deshabitastes	deshabitaram
Pluperfect	deshabitara	deshabitaras	deshabitara	deshabitáramos	deshabitáreis	deshabitaram
Future	deshabitarei	deshabitarás	deshabitará	deshabitaremos	deshabitareis	deshabitarão
Conditional	deshabitaria	deshabitarias	deshabitaria	deshabitaríamos	deshabitaríeis	deshabitariam
Subjunctive
Present	deshabite	deshabites	deshabite	deshabitemos	deshabiteis	deshabitem
Imperfect	deshabitasse	deshabitasses	deshabitasse	deshabitássemos	deshabitásseis	deshabitassem
Future	deshabitar	deshabitares	deshabitar	deshabitarmos	deshabitardes	deshabitarem
Imperative
Affirmative		deshabita	deshabite	deshabitemos	deshabitai	deshabitem
Negative (não)		não deshabites	não deshabite	não deshabitemos	não deshabiteis	não deshabitem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ habitar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desabiˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.sa.β̞iˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧ha‧bi‧tar

Verb

deshabitar (first-person singular present deshabito, first-person singular preterite deshabité, past participle deshabitado)

1. to move away from; move out of
2. to depopulate

   Synonym: despoblar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deshabitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			deshabitar
gerund			deshabitando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		deshabitado		deshabitada
		plural		deshabitados		deshabitadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	deshabito	deshabitastú deshabitásvos	deshabita	deshabitamos	deshabitáis	deshabitan
	imperfect	deshabitaba	deshabitabas	deshabitaba	deshabitábamos	deshabitabais	deshabitaban
	preterite	deshabité	deshabitaste	deshabitó	deshabitamos	deshabitasteis	deshabitaron
	future	deshabitaré	deshabitarás	deshabitará	deshabitaremos	deshabitaréis	deshabitarán
	conditional	deshabitaría	deshabitarías	deshabitaría	deshabitaríamos	deshabitaríais	deshabitarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	deshabite	deshabitestú deshabitésvos2	deshabite	deshabitemos	deshabitéis	deshabiten
	imperfect (ra)	deshabitara	deshabitaras	deshabitara	deshabitáramos	deshabitarais	deshabitaran
	imperfect (se)	deshabitase	deshabitases	deshabitase	deshabitásemos	deshabitaseis	deshabitasen
	future1	deshabitare	deshabitares	deshabitare	deshabitáremos	deshabitareis	deshabitaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		deshabitatú deshabitávos	deshabite	deshabitemos	deshabitad	deshabiten
	negative		no deshabites	no deshabite	no deshabitemos	no deshabitéis	no deshabiten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of deshabitar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive deshabitar	dative	deshabitarme	deshabitarte	deshabitarle, deshabitarse	deshabitarnos	deshabitaros	deshabitarles, deshabitarse
	accusative	deshabitarme	deshabitarte	deshabitarlo, deshabitarla, deshabitarse	deshabitarnos	deshabitaros	deshabitarlos, deshabitarlas, deshabitarse
with gerund deshabitando	dative	deshabitándome	deshabitándote	deshabitándole, deshabitándose	deshabitándonos	deshabitándoos	deshabitándoles, deshabitándose
	accusative	deshabitándome	deshabitándote	deshabitándolo, deshabitándola, deshabitándose	deshabitándonos	deshabitándoos	deshabitándolos, deshabitándolas, deshabitándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative deshabita	dative	deshabítame	deshabítate	deshabítale	deshabítanos	not used	deshabítales
	accusative	deshabítame	deshabítate	deshabítalo, deshabítala	deshabítanos	not used	deshabítalos, deshabítalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative deshabitá	dative	deshabitame	deshabitate	deshabitale	deshabitanos	not used	deshabitales
	accusative	deshabitame	deshabitate	deshabitalo, deshabitala	deshabitanos	not used	deshabitalos, deshabitalas
with formal second-person singular imperative deshabite	dative	deshabíteme	not used	deshabítele, deshabítese	deshabítenos	not used	deshabíteles
	accusative	deshabíteme	not used	deshabítelo, deshabítela, deshabítese	deshabítenos	not used	deshabítelos, deshabítelas
with first-person plural imperative deshabitemos	dative	not used	deshabitémoste	deshabitémosle	deshabitémonos	deshabitémoos	deshabitémosles
	accusative	not used	deshabitémoste	deshabitémoslo, deshabitémosla	deshabitémonos	deshabitémoos	deshabitémoslos, deshabitémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative deshabitad	dative	deshabitadme	not used	deshabitadle	deshabitadnos	deshabitaos	deshabitadles
	accusative	deshabitadme	not used	deshabitadlo, deshabitadla	deshabitadnos	deshabitaos	deshabitadlos, deshabitadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative deshabiten	dative	deshabítenme	not used	deshabítenle	deshabítennos	not used	deshabítenles, deshabítense
	accusative	deshabítenme	not used	deshabítenlo, deshabítenla	deshabítennos	not used	deshabítenlos, deshabítenlas, deshabítense

Further reading

• “deshabitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025