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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin expellere (“to expel; remove”). Doublet of expeler.
Pronunciation
Verb
espelir (first-person singular present espilo, third-person singular present espile, first-person singular preterite espelín, past participle espelido)
espelir (first-person singular present espilo, third-person singular present espele, first-person singular preterite espelim or espeli, past participle espelido, reintegrationist norm)
- (transitive) to shake off, to expel
- Synonym: sacudir
- (transitive) to winnow; to select or separate straw and grass, etc.
- Synonyms: espallar, separar
- (transitive) to fluff (flax, wool, etc.)
- Synonyms: cardar, carpir, escarmear
- (intransitive) to fluff, to puff up (of dough)
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to wake up
1858, Juan Manuel Pintos, Contos da aldea que parecen historias da vila e historias da vila que parecen contos da aldea, page 119:No muíño de Pinchapava nunha fiada de inverno estando mozas e mozos xa cansados de bureo, para espelirse do sono todos eles propuxeron de poñerse a contar contos- In Pinchapava's mill, during a winter evening, being the girls and boys tired of merrymaking, for waking up of their sleep, they proposed to tell tales
- (figurative, takes a reflexive pronoun) to wake up; to wise up
1858, Juan Manuel Pintos, Contos da aldea que parecen historias da vila e historias da vila que parecen contos da aldea, page 150:¿Vosté sabe cómo agora se espilen polos liceos as mozas, que asta recursos botan e ganan os preitos?- Do you know how now the young ladies wise up around the lyceums? they even present appeals and win lawsuits!
Conjugation
Conjugation of espelir (e becomes i when stressed)
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person (eu)
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Second-person (ti / tu)
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Third-person (ele / ela / você)
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First-person (nós)
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Second-person (vós)
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Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
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Infinitive
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Impersonal
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espelir
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Personal
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espelir
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espelires
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espelir
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espelirmos
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espelirdes
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espelirem
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Gerund
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espelindo
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Past participle
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Masculine
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espelido
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espelidos
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Feminine
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espelida
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espelidas
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Indicative
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Present
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espilo
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espeles
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espele
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espelimos
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espelides, espelis
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espelem
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Imperfect
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espelia
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espelias
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espelia
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espelíamos
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espelíades, espelíeis, espelíais1
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espeliam
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Preterite
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espelim, espeli
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espeliste, espeliche1
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espeliu
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espelimos
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espelistes
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espelírom, espeliram
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Pluperfect
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espelira
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espeliras
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espelira
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espelíramos
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espelírades, espelíreis, espelírais1
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espeliram
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Future
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espelirei
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espelirás
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espelirá
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espeliremos
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espeliredes, espelireis
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espelirám, espelirão
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Conditional
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espeliria
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espelirias
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espeliria
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espeliríamos
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espeliríades, espeliríeis, espeliríais1
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espeliriam
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Subjunctive
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Present
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espila
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espilas
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espila
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espilamos
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espilades, espilais
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espilam
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Imperfect
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espelisse
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espelisses
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espelisse
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espelíssemos
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espelíssedes, espelísseis
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espelissem
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Future
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espelir
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espelires
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espelir
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espelirmos
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espelirdes
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espelirem
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Imperative
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Affirmative
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espele
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espila
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espilamos
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espelide, espeli
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espilam
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Negative (nom)
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nom espilas
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nom espila
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nom espilamos
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nom espilades, nom espilais
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nom espilam
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