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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 309:
      Un remedio muy sencillo para expeler la lombriz solitaria.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of expeler (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive expeler
gerund expeliendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular expelido expelida
plural expelidos expelidas
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 expelo expelestú
expelésvos 		expele expelemos expeléis expelen
imperfect expelía expelías expelía expelíamos expelíais expelían
preterite expelí expeliste expelió expelimos expelisteis expelieron
future expeleré expelerás expelerá expeleremos expeleréis expelerán
conditional expelería expelerías expelería expeleríamos expeleríais expelerían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present expela expelastú
expelásvos2 		expela expelamos expeláis expelan
imperfect
(ra) 		expeliera expelieras expeliera expeliéramos expelierais expelieran
imperfect
(se) 		expeliese expelieses expeliese expeliésemos expelieseis expeliesen
future1 expeliere expelieres expeliere expeliéremos expeliereis expelieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative expeletú
expelévos 		expela expelamos expeled expelan
negative no expelas no expela no expelamos no expeláis no expelan

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

    Selected combined forms of expeler

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 expeler dative expelerme expelerte expelerle, expelerse expelernos expeleros expelerles, expelerse
accusative expelerme expelerte expelerlo, expelerla, expelerse expelernos expeleros expelerlos, expelerlas, expelerse
with gerund expeliendo dative expeliéndome expeliéndote expeliéndole, expeliéndose expeliéndonos expeliéndoos expeliéndoles, expeliéndose
accusative expeliéndome expeliéndote expeliéndolo, expeliéndola, expeliéndose expeliéndonos expeliéndoos expeliéndolos, expeliéndolas, expeliéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative expele dative expéleme expélete expélele expélenos not used expéleles
accusative expéleme expélete expélelo, expélela expélenos not used expélelos, expélelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative expelé dative expeleme expelete expelele expelenos not used expeleles
accusative expeleme expelete expelelo, expelela expelenos not used expelelos, expelelas
with formal second-person singular imperative expela dative expélame not used expélale, expélase expélanos not used expélales
accusative expélame not used expélalo, expélala, expélase expélanos not used expélalos, expélalas
with first-person plural imperative expelamos dative not used expelámoste expelámosle expelámonos expelámoos expelámosles
accusative not used expelámoste expelámoslo, expelámosla expelámonos expelámoos expelámoslos, expelámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative expeled dative expeledme not used expeledle expelednos expeleos expeledles
accusative expeledme not used expeledlo, expeledla expelednos expeleos expeledlos, expeledlas
with formal second-person plural imperative expelan dative expélanme not used expélanle expélannos not used expélanles, expélanse
accusative expélanme not used expélanlo, expélanla expélannos not used expélanlos, expélanlas, expélanse

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