desplegar

to deploy

verb des-pleh-GAHR Rare

Also means

to unfold

Usage Note

Desplegar means to spread or unfold something (a map, a flag) and, in military or logistical contexts, to deploy troops or resources. It is a stem-changing verb (e → ie): despliega, despliegan… but desplegamos. The noun is despliegue ('deployment' or 'display'), as in un despliegue de fuerzas ('a deployment of forces').

Examples

"El ejército desplegó sus tropas en la frontera."

Natural Translation

The army deployed its troops at the border.

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