espoliar

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spoliāre. Compare the inherited doublet esbulhar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.po.liˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /is.poˈlja(ʁ)/ , /es.po.liˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.poˈlja(ʁ)/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.po.liˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /is.poˈlja(ɾ)/, /es.po.liˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.poˈlja(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.po.liˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.poˈlja(ʁ)/ , /eʃ.po.liˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /eʃ.poˈlja(ʁ)/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.po.liˈa(ɻ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.poˈlja(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: es‧po‧li‧ar

Verb

espoliar (first-person singular present espolio, first-person singular preterite espoliei, past participle espoliado)

  1. (transitive) to plunder; to loot (to take an enemy’s possessions by force)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of espoliar (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 espoliar
Personal espoliar espoliares espoliar espoliarmos espoliardes espoliarem
Gerund
espoliando
Past participle
Masculine espoliado espoliados
Feminine espoliada espoliadas
Indicative
Present espolio espolias espolia espoliamos espoliais espoliam
Imperfect espoliava espoliavas espoliava espoliávamos espoliáveis espoliavam
Preterite espoliei espoliaste espoliou espoliamos1, espoliámos2 espoliastes espoliaram
Pluperfect espoliara espoliaras espoliara espoliáramos espoliáreis espoliaram
Future espoliarei espoliarás espoliará espoliaremos espoliareis espoliarão
Conditional espoliaria espoliarias espoliaria espoliaríamos espoliaríeis espoliariam
Subjunctive
Present espolie espolies espolie espoliemos espolieis espoliem
Imperfect espoliasse espoliasses espoliasse espoliássemos espoliásseis espoliassem
Future espoliar espoliares espoliar espoliarmos espoliardes espoliarem
Imperative
Affirmative espolia espolie espoliemos espoliai espoliem
Negative (não) não espolies não espolie não espoliemos não espolieis não espoliem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /espoˈljaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: es‧po‧liar

Verb

espoliar (first-person singular present espolio, first-person singular preterite espolié, past participle espoliado)

  1. Alternative spelling of expoliar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of espoliar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive espoliar
gerund espoliando
past participle masculine feminine
singular espoliado espoliada
plural espoliados espoliadas
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 espolio espoliastú
espoliásvos 		espolia espoliamos espoliáis espolian
imperfect espoliaba espoliabas espoliaba espoliábamos espoliabais espoliaban
preterite espolié espoliaste espolió espoliamos espoliasteis espoliaron
future espoliaré espoliarás espoliará espoliaremos espoliaréis espoliarán
conditional espoliaría espoliarías espoliaría espoliaríamos espoliaríais espoliarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present espolie espoliestú
espoliésvos2 		espolie espoliemos espoliéis espolien
imperfect
(ra) 		espoliara espoliaras espoliara espoliáramos espoliarais espoliaran
imperfect
(se) 		espoliase espoliases espoliase espoliásemos espoliaseis espoliasen
future1 espoliare espoliares espoliare espoliáremos espoliareis espoliaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative espoliatú
espoliávos 		espolie espoliemos espoliad espolien
negative no espolies no espolie no espoliemos no espoliéis no espolien

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of espoliar

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 espoliar
dative espoliarme espoliarte espoliarle, espoliarse espoliarnos espoliaros espoliarles, espoliarse
accusative espoliarme espoliarte espoliarlo, espoliarla, espoliarse espoliarnos espoliaros espoliarlos, espoliarlas, espoliarse
with gerund espoliando
dative espoliándome espoliándote espoliándole, espoliándose espoliándonos espoliándoos espoliándoles, espoliándose
accusative espoliándome espoliándote espoliándolo, espoliándola, espoliándose espoliándonos espoliándoos espoliándolos, espoliándolas, espoliándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative espolia
dative espóliame espóliate espóliale espólianos not used espóliales
accusative espóliame espóliate espólialo, espóliala espólianos not used espólialos, espólialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative espoliá
dative espoliame espoliate espoliale espolianos not used espoliales
accusative espoliame espoliate espolialo, espoliala espolianos not used espolialos, espolialas
with formal second-person singular imperative espolie
dative espólieme not used espóliele, espóliese espólienos not used espólieles
accusative espólieme not used espólielo, espóliela, espóliese espólienos not used espólielos, espólielas
with first-person plural imperative espoliemos
dative not used espoliémoste espoliémosle espoliémonos espoliémoos espoliémosles
accusative not used espoliémoste espoliémoslo, espoliémosla espoliémonos espoliémoos espoliémoslos, espoliémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative espoliad
dative espoliadme not used espoliadle espoliadnos espoliaos espoliadles
accusative espoliadme not used espoliadlo, espoliadla espoliadnos espoliaos espoliadlos, espoliadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative espolien
dative espólienme not used espólienle espóliennos not used espólienles, espóliense
accusative espólienme not used espólienlo, espólienla espóliennos not used espólienlos, espólienlas, espóliense

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