to dismount (a horse); to unseat, remove from power
“El portavoz de Convergencia Democrática de Cataluña (CDC) en el Congreso, Pere Macías, ha considerado que detrás de la citación hay una persecución política para descabalgar a quien ha ganado en las urnas.”
Synonyms: desmontar
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Celtic *kaballosder.? Latin caballus Latin -ic- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -icō Latin caballicāre Vulgar Latin *discaballicāre Spanish descabalgar Inherited from Vulgar Latin *discaballicāre. By surface analysis, des- + cabalga