expoliar

Latin

Verb

expoliar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of expoliō

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Latin spolium

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

Latin -ō

Latin spoliō

Latin exspoliārebor.

Spanish expoliar

Borrowed from Latin exspoliāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡspoˈljaɾ/ [eɣ̞s.poˈljaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ex‧po‧liar

Verb

expoliar (first-person singular present expolio, first-person singular preterite expolié, past participle expoliado)

1. (transitive) to pillage, to loot, to spoliate

   Alternative form: espoliar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of expoliar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			expoliar
gerund			expoliando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		expoliado		expoliada
		plural		expoliados		expoliadas
		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	expolio	expoliastú expoliásvos	expolia	expoliamos	expoliáis	expolian
	imperfect	expoliaba	expoliabas	expoliaba	expoliábamos	expoliabais	expoliaban
	preterite	expolié	expoliaste	expolió	expoliamos	expoliasteis	expoliaron
	future	expoliaré	expoliarás	expoliará	expoliaremos	expoliaréis	expoliarán
	conditional	expoliaría	expoliarías	expoliaría	expoliaríamos	expoliaríais	expoliarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	expolie	expoliestú expoliésvos2	expolie	expoliemos	expoliéis	expolien
	imperfect (ra)	expoliara	expoliaras	expoliara	expoliáramos	expoliarais	expoliaran
	imperfect (se)	expoliase	expoliases	expoliase	expoliásemos	expoliaseis	expoliasen
	future1	expoliare	expoliares	expoliare	expoliáremos	expoliareis	expoliaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		expoliatú expoliávos	expolie	expoliemos	expoliad	expolien
	negative		no expolies	no expolie	no expoliemos	no expoliéis	no expolien

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

    Selected combined forms of expoliar

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 expoliar	dative	expoliarme	expoliarte	expoliarle, expoliarse	expoliarnos	expoliaros	expoliarles, expoliarse
	accusative	expoliarme	expoliarte	expoliarlo, expoliarla, expoliarse	expoliarnos	expoliaros	expoliarlos, expoliarlas, expoliarse
with gerund expoliando	dative	expoliándome	expoliándote	expoliándole, expoliándose	expoliándonos	expoliándoos	expoliándoles, expoliándose
	accusative	expoliándome	expoliándote	expoliándolo, expoliándola, expoliándose	expoliándonos	expoliándoos	expoliándolos, expoliándolas, expoliándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative expolia	dative	expóliame	expóliate	expóliale	expólianos	not used	expóliales
	accusative	expóliame	expóliate	expólialo, expóliala	expólianos	not used	expólialos, expólialas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative expoliá	dative	expoliame	expoliate	expoliale	expolianos	not used	expoliales
	accusative	expoliame	expoliate	expolialo, expoliala	expolianos	not used	expolialos, expolialas
with formal second-person singular imperative expolie	dative	expólieme	not used	expóliele, expóliese	expólienos	not used	expólieles
	accusative	expólieme	not used	expólielo, expóliela, expóliese	expólienos	not used	expólielos, expólielas
with first-person plural imperative expoliemos	dative	not used	expoliémoste	expoliémosle	expoliémonos	expoliémoos	expoliémosles
	accusative	not used	expoliémoste	expoliémoslo, expoliémosla	expoliémonos	expoliémoos	expoliémoslos, expoliémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative expoliad	dative	expoliadme	not used	expoliadle	expoliadnos	expoliaos	expoliadles
	accusative	expoliadme	not used	expoliadlo, expoliadla	expoliadnos	expoliaos	expoliadlos, expoliadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative expolien	dative	expólienme	not used	expólienle	expóliennos	not used	expólienles, expóliense
	accusative	expólienme	not used	expólienlo, expólienla	expóliennos	not used	expólienlos, expólienlas, expóliense

Related terms

• despojar
• expoliador
• expolio

Further reading

• “expoliar”, 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