Usage Note
Desembarcar means to get off a ship, plane, or vehicle and is the opposite of embarcar. The -car ending causes a spelling change in the first-person preterite: desembarqué. It can also be used figuratively for unloading goods or troops.
Examples
"Los pasajeros empezaron a desembarcar."
Natural Translation
The passengers began to disembark.
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