Spanish word

descalificar

Pronunciation

IPA/deskalifiˈkaɾ/

Meaning

  • verbdisqualify

Example

Si haces trampa, te van a descalificar.

If you cheat, they will disqualify you.

Illustration for descalificar (disqualify)

More examples

La organización no puede descalificar a nadie sin investigar primero.

The organization cannot disqualify anyone without first investigating.

Core concept

Competitor removed from a race for breaking a rule.

Common phrases

  • descalificar de la competición

    disqualify from the competition

  • descalificar a un concursante

    disqualify a contestant

  • descalificar por conducta antideportiva

    disqualify for unsportsmanlike conduct

Similar words

invalidar: Declares a document, result, or contract legally void and without effect.
anular: Cancels an official decision, judgment, or record, removing its legal force.
suspender: Temporarily halts a person's participation or activity, suspending involvement for a time.
expulsar: Forcibly removes someone from a place, group, or event, ejecting them from the setting.

Definition in Spanish

Declarar que alguien, un resultado o una actuación no cumple los requisitos oficiales para continuar en una prueba o concurso.

Word origin

From Spanish des- 'undo' plus calificar 'to qualify', with calificar from Latin qualificare, so the verb originally means to remove a qualification.

Usage tips

  • Often followed by a reason with por (for), for example descalificar por dopaje, and omitting the reason can make the remark sound like a personal attack rather than an official decision.

Other meanings

  • discreditverb
  • excludeverb

Opposites

Related words

  • descalificacióndisqualificationnoun
  • descalificadodisqualifiedadjective

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