expiar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expiāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əks.piˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eks.piˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [eks.piˈa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

expiar (first-person singular present expio, first-person singular preterite expií, past participle expiat)

1. (transitive) to expiate, to atone for

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of expiar (first conjugation)

infinitive			expiar
gerund			expiant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		expiat		expiada
		plural		expiats		expiades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	expio	expies	expia	expiem	expieu	expien
	imperfect	expiava	expiaves	expiava	expiàvem	expiàveu	expiaven
	future	expiaré	expiaràs	expiarà	expiarem	expiareu	expiaran
	preterite	expií	expiares	expià	expiàrem	expiàreu	expiaren
	conditional	expiaria	expiaries	expiaria	expiaríem	expiaríeu	expiarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	expiï	expiïs	expiï	expiem	expieu	expiïn
	imperfect	expiés	expiessis	expiés	expiéssim	expiéssiu	expiessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	expia	expiï	expiem	expieu	expiïn
	negative (no)	—	no expiïs	no expiï	no expiem	no expieu	no expiïn

Related terms

• expiador
• expiatori

Further reading

• “expiar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *pewH-

Proto-Italic *pīos

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

Proto-Italic *pīāō

Latin piō

Latin expiārebor.

Portuguese expiar

Borrowed from Latin expiāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.piˈa(ʁ)/ [is.piˈa(h)], (faster) /isˈpja(ʁ)/ [isˈpja(h)], /es.piˈa(ʁ)/ [es.piˈa(h)], (faster) /esˈpja(ʁ)/ [esˈpja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.piˈa(ʁ)/ [is.piˈa(h)], (faster) /isˈpja(ʁ)/ [isˈpja(h)], /es.piˈa(ʁ)/ [es.piˈa(h)], (faster) /esˈpja(ʁ)/ [esˈpja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /is.piˈa(ɾ)/, (faster) /isˈpja(ɾ)/, /es.piˈa(ɾ)/, (faster) /esˈpja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.piˈa(ʁ)/ [iʃ.piˈa(χ)], (faster) /iʃˈpja(ʁ)/ [iʃˈpja(χ)], /eʃ.piˈa(ʁ)/ [eʃ.piˈa(χ)], (faster) /eʃˈpja(ʁ)/ [eʃˈpja(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /is.piˈa(ɻ)/, (faster) /isˈpja(ɻ)/, /es.piˈa(ɻ)/, (faster) /esˈpja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐjʃˈpjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐjʃˈpjaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ejʃˈpjaɾ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ejʃˈpjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /eʃˈpja.ɾi/

Verb

expiar (first-person singular present expio, first-person singular preterite expiei, past participle expiado)

1. (transitive) to expiate, to atone for

Conjugation

    Conjugation of expiar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	expiar
Personal	expiar	expiares	expiar	expiarmos	expiardes	expiarem
Gerund
	expiando
Past participle
Masculine	expiado			expiados
Feminine	expiada			expiadas
Indicative
Present	expio	expias	expia	expiamos	expiais	expiam
Imperfect	expiava	expiavas	expiava	expiávamos	expiáveis	expiavam
Preterite	expiei	expiaste	expiou	expiamos1, expiámos2	expiastes	expiaram
Pluperfect	expiara	expiaras	expiara	expiáramos	expiáreis	expiaram
Future	expiarei	expiarás	expiará	expiaremos	expiareis	expiarão
Conditional	expiaria	expiarias	expiaria	expiaríamos	expiaríeis	expiariam
Subjunctive
Present	expie	expies	expie	expiemos	expieis	expiem
Imperfect	expiasse	expiasses	expiasse	expiássemos	expiásseis	expiassem
Future	expiar	expiares	expiar	expiarmos	expiardes	expiarem
Imperative
Affirmative		expia	expie	expiemos	expiai	expiem
Negative (não)		não expies	não expie	não expiemos	não expieis	não expiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• expiação
• expiador
• expiatório

Further reading

• “expiar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “expiar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
• “expiar”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “expiar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “expiar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “expiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin expiāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡsˈpjaɾ/ [eɣ̞sˈpjaɾ], /eɡspiˈaɾ/ [eɣ̞s.piˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ex‧piar, ex‧pi‧ar

Verb

expiar (first-person singular present expío, first-person singular preterite expié, past participle expiado)

1. (transitive) to atone

Conjugation

    Conjugation of expiar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			expiar
gerund			expiando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		expiado		expiada
		plural		expiados		expiadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	expío	expíastú expiásvos	expía	expiamos	expiáis	expían
	imperfect	expiaba	expiabas	expiaba	expiábamos	expiabais	expiaban
	preterite	expié	expiaste	expió	expiamos	expiasteis	expiaron
	future	expiaré	expiarás	expiará	expiaremos	expiaréis	expiarán
	conditional	expiaría	expiarías	expiaría	expiaríamos	expiaríais	expiarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	expíe	expíestú expiésvos2	expíe	expiemos	expiéis	expíen
	imperfect (ra)	expiara	expiaras	expiara	expiáramos	expiarais	expiaran
	imperfect (se)	expiase	expiases	expiase	expiásemos	expiaseis	expiasen
	future1	expiare	expiares	expiare	expiáremos	expiareis	expiaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		expíatú expiávos	expíe	expiemos	expiad	expíen
	negative		no expíes	no expíe	no expiemos	no expiéis	no expíen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of expiar (i-í alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive expiar	dative	expiarme	expiarte	expiarle, expiarse	expiarnos	expiaros	expiarles, expiarse
	accusative	expiarme	expiarte	expiarlo, expiarla, expiarse	expiarnos	expiaros	expiarlos, expiarlas, expiarse
with gerund expiando	dative	expiándome	expiándote	expiándole, expiándose	expiándonos	expiándoos	expiándoles, expiándose
	accusative	expiándome	expiándote	expiándolo, expiándola, expiándose	expiándonos	expiándoos	expiándolos, expiándolas, expiándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative expía	dative	expíame	expíate	expíale	expíanos	not used	expíales
	accusative	expíame	expíate	expíalo, expíala	expíanos	not used	expíalos, expíalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative expiá	dative	expiame	expiate	expiale	expianos	not used	expiales
	accusative	expiame	expiate	expialo, expiala	expianos	not used	expialos, expialas
with formal second-person singular imperative expíe	dative	expíeme	not used	expíele, expíese	expíenos	not used	expíeles
	accusative	expíeme	not used	expíelo, expíela, expíese	expíenos	not used	expíelos, expíelas
with first-person plural imperative expiemos	dative	not used	expiémoste	expiémosle	expiémonos	expiémoos	expiémosles
	accusative	not used	expiémoste	expiémoslo, expiémosla	expiémonos	expiémoos	expiémoslos, expiémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative expiad	dative	expiadme	not used	expiadle	expiadnos	expiaos	expiadles
	accusative	expiadme	not used	expiadlo, expiadla	expiadnos	expiaos	expiadlos, expiadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative expíen	dative	expíenme	not used	expíenle	expíennos	not used	expíenles, expíense
	accusative	expíenme	not used	expíenlo, expíenla	expíennos	not used	expíenlos, expíenlas, expíense

Further reading

• “expiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025