Get the app
Spanish frequency list

No. 10,751 in Spanish

derogar

To abolish or repeal a law or rule.

In a sentence

  • El gobierno decidió derogar la antigua ley de comercio.

    The government decided to repeal the old trade law.

    In this sentence, 'derogar' is used in the context of revoking or annulling an existing law or regulation.

  • La asamblea votó para derogar una normativa que consideraban obsoleta.

    The assembly voted to repeal a regulation they considered outdated.

    Here, 'derogar' is employed to signify the legislative action of abolishing a rule.

  • Es necesario derogar las leyes injustas para avanzar como sociedad.

    It is necessary to repeal unjust laws to progress as a society.

    In this usage, 'derogar' expresses the action of formally doing away with laws considered inequitable.

Hear it in real podcasts

The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “derogar” in actual Spanish podcasts.

Find “derogar” in podcasts

Learn it from shows you like

LangTurbo plays Spanish podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there.

Get the app

Spanish books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).