expelir

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expellere.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.peˈli(ʁ)/ [is.peˈli(h)], /es.peˈli(ʁ)/ [es.peˈli(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.peˈli(ʁ)/ [is.peˈli(h)], /es.peˈli(ʁ)/ [es.peˈli(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /is.peˈli(ɾ)/, /es.peˈli(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.peˈli(ʁ)/ [iʃ.peˈli(χ)], /eʃ.peˈli(ʁ)/ [eʃ.peˈli(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /is.peˈli(ɻ)/, /es.peˈli(ɻ)/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.peˈli(ʁ)/ [es.peˈli(h)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɨˈliɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɨˈliɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɨˈli.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ex‧pe‧lir

Verb

expelir (first-person singular present expilo, third-person singular present expele, first-person singular preterite expeli, past participle expelido) (Brazil)
expelir (no first-person singular present, no present subjunctive, third-person singular present expele, first-person singular preterite expeli, past participle expelido) (Portugal)

1. to expel
2. to dislodge

Conjugation

Brazil

    Conjugation of expelir (i-e alternation in present singular) (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	expelir
Personal	expelir	expelires	expelir	expelirmos	expelirdes	expelirem
Gerund
	expelindo
Past participle
Masculine	expelido			expelidos
Feminine	expelida			expelidas
Indicative
Present	expilo	expeles	expele	expelimos	expelis	expelem
Imperfect	expelia	expelias	expelia	expelíamos	expelíeis	expeliam
Preterite	expeli	expeliste	expeliu	expelimos	expelistes	expeliram
Pluperfect	expelira	expeliras	expelira	expelíramos	expelíreis	expeliram
Future	expelirei	expelirás	expelirá	expeliremos	expelireis	expelirão
Conditional	expeliria	expelirias	expeliria	expeliríamos	expeliríeis	expeliriam
Subjunctive
Present	expila	expilas	expila	expilamos	expilais	expilam
Imperfect	expelisse	expelisses	expelisse	expelíssemos	expelísseis	expelissem
Future	expelir	expelires	expelir	expelirmos	expelirdes	expelirem
Imperative
Affirmative		expele	expila	expilamos	expeli	expilam
Negative (não)		não expilas	não expila	não expilamos	não expilais	não expilam

Portugal

    Conjugation of expelir (defective) (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	expelir
Personal	expelir	expelires	expelir	expelirmos	expelirdes	expelirem
Gerund
	expelindo
Past participle
Masculine	expelido			expelidos
Feminine	expelida			expelidas
Indicative
Present	—	expeles	expele	expelimos	expelis	expelem
Imperfect	expelia	expelias	expelia	expelíamos	expelíeis	expeliam
Preterite	expeli	expeliste	expeliu	expelimos	expelistes	expeliram
Pluperfect	expelira	expeliras	expelira	expelíramos	expelíreis	expeliram
Future	expelirei	expelirás	expelirá	expeliremos	expelireis	expelirão
Conditional	expeliria	expelirias	expeliria	expeliríamos	expeliríeis	expeliriam
Subjunctive
Present	—	—	—	—	—	—
Imperfect	expelisse	expelisses	expelisse	expelíssemos	expelísseis	expelissem
Future	expelir	expelires	expelir	expelirmos	expelirdes	expelirem
Imperative
Affirmative		expele	—	—	expeli	—
Negative (não)		—	—	—	—	—

Related terms

• expulsar

Further reading

• “expelir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “expelir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026