expeler

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expellere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɡspeˈleɾ/
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: ex‧pe‧ler

Verb

expeler (first-person singular present expelo, first-person singular preterite expelí, past participle expelido)

  1. (transitive) to expel
    • 1633, Francisco de Quevedo, Execración contra los judíos:
      Los gloriosos antecesores de V.M. expelieron de todos sus reinos la nación pérfida hebrea cuando se coronaban en pocos y pobres retazos de España, recobrados a la inundación de los moros por el valor de las reliquias cristianas que, de aquella universal ruina, quedaron parte despreciadas, parte defendidas, por la espada de Santiago, su único patrón.
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