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Verb conjugation

autodeportarse

to self-deport

Usage

A modern, mostly journalistic term for someone leaving a country voluntarily to avoid formal deportation proceedings — frequent in US immigration coverage in Spanish-language media.

Examples
  • Miles de migrantes decidieron autodeportarse antes que enfrentar un proceso legal. — Thousands of migrants chose to self-deport rather than face legal proceedings.
  • El gobierno ofreció incentivos a quienes se autodeportaran voluntariamente. — The government offered incentives to those who self-deported voluntarily.
  • Autodeportarse no borra el historial migratorio de una persona. — Self-deporting doesn't erase a person's immigration record.
Common mistake

Don't confuse it with deportar (to be deported by authorities) — the auto- prefix specifically marks it as the person's own voluntary decision to leave.

Often confused with deportar.

Simple tenses

Imperative (imperativo)

túautodepórtate
nosotrosautodeportémonos
vosotrosautodeportaos

Other

Gerund (gerundio)

autodeportándose

Past participle (participio)

autodeportado

Infinitive (infinitivo)

autodeportarse

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Frequently asked questions

What does "autodeportarse" mean?

"autodeportarse" means "to self-deport".

What is the Imperative (imperativo) of "autodeportarse"?

The imperative (imperativo) of "autodeportarse" is: tú autodepórtate, nosotros autodeportémonos, vosotros autodeportaos.

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