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despachar

/despaˈt͡ʃaɾ/

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verb/despaˈt͡ʃaɾ/

to complete, conclude; to send or ship; to attend to, serve (a client); to dismiss; to finish off

Despacharon los estudiantesThey dismissed the students

Borrowed from Provençal despachar, from Old French despeechier (“to remove impediments”) (compare modern French dépêcher), from des- + empeechier (“to obstruct, to impede”), from Late Latin impedicāre (“to impede”), from pedica (“shackle”).