explayar

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Spanish

Etymology

From ex- +‎ playa +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /eɡsplaˈʝaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /eɡsplaˈʃaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /eɡsplaˈʒaɾ/

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ex‧pla‧yar

Verb

explayar (first-person singular present explayo, first-person singular preterite explayé, past participle explayado)

  1. (transitive) to extend
    Synonyms: extender, ensanchar, ampliar
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to expound, elaborate, dwell on (go into the details)
    Synonyms: exponer, explicar
  3. (intransitive, takes a reflexive pronoun, colloquial, El Salvador, Venezuela) to sit down while spreading one's legs or taking too much space.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of explayar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive explayar
gerund explayando
past participle masculine feminine
singular explayado explayada
plural explayados explayadas
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 explayo explayastú
explayásvos 		explaya explayamos explayáis explayan
imperfect explayaba explayabas explayaba explayábamos explayabais explayaban
preterite explayé explayaste explayó explayamos explayasteis explayaron
future explayaré explayarás explayará explayaremos explayaréis explayarán
conditional explayaría explayarías explayaría explayaríamos explayaríais explayarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present explaye explayestú
explayésvos2 		explaye explayemos explayéis explayen
imperfect
(ra) 		explayara explayaras explayara explayáramos explayarais explayaran
imperfect
(se) 		explayase explayases explayase explayásemos explayaseis explayasen
future1 explayare explayares explayare explayáremos explayareis explayaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative explayatú
explayávos 		explaye explayemos explayad explayen
negative no explayes no explaye no explayemos no explayéis no explayen

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

    Selected combined forms of explayar

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 explayar
dative explayarme explayarte explayarle, explayarse explayarnos explayaros explayarles, explayarse
accusative explayarme explayarte explayarlo, explayarla, explayarse explayarnos explayaros explayarlos, explayarlas, explayarse
with gerund explayando
dative explayándome explayándote explayándole, explayándose explayándonos explayándoos explayándoles, explayándose
accusative explayándome explayándote explayándolo, explayándola, explayándose explayándonos explayándoos explayándolos, explayándolas, explayándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative explaya
dative expláyame expláyate expláyale expláyanos not used expláyales
accusative expláyame expláyate expláyalo, expláyala expláyanos not used expláyalos, expláyalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative explayá
dative explayame explayate explayale explayanos not used explayales
accusative explayame explayate explayalo, explayala explayanos not used explayalos, explayalas
with formal second-person singular imperative explaye
dative expláyeme not used expláyele, expláyese expláyenos not used expláyeles
accusative expláyeme not used expláyelo, expláyela, expláyese expláyenos not used expláyelos, expláyelas
with first-person plural imperative explayemos
dative not used explayémoste explayémosle explayémonos explayémoos explayémosles
accusative not used explayémoste explayémoslo, explayémosla explayémonos explayémoos explayémoslos, explayémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative explayad
dative explayadme not used explayadle explayadnos explayaos explayadles
accusative explayadme not used explayadlo, explayadla explayadnos explayaos explayadlos, explayadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative explayen
dative expláyenme not used expláyenle expláyennos not used expláyenles, expláyense
accusative expláyenme not used expláyenlo, expláyenla expláyennos not used expláyenlos, expláyenlas, expláyense

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