Also means
to unmark (sports)
Usage Note
Desmarcar in football (soccer) means to break free from a marker, making yourself available to receive a pass — a key tactical term. More broadly it means to distance oneself from a position or person: desmarcarse de las acusaciones (to distance oneself from the accusations). The -car ending triggers a spelling change in the preterite: desmarqué.
Examples
"El delantero se desmarcó y marcó el gol."
Natural Translation
The forward got free and scored the goal.
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