displace / moveverb/dɨʒ.lu.ˈkaɾ/highdes·lo·carPortuguesEnglishEspanolFrancaisDefinitionTo move something or someone from one place to another; to transfer. (Reflexive) To go to another place.The war displaced thousands of civilians.I will have to move to Lisbon for the new job.synmovetransferrelocateantplacefixinstallCommon collocationsdisplace peoplemove totravel toshift focusEtymologyDo latim 'dis-' + 'lŏcāre' ('colocar').Related wordsdeslocaçãodeslocadodeslocáveldeslocamentolocal