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expelir.

to expel

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/is.peˈli(ʁ)/Brazil[is.peˈli(h)]Brazil/es.peˈli(ʁ)/Brazil[es.peˈli(h)]Brazil

  1. to expel

    Brazil · Portugal · no-first-person-singular-present

  2. to dislodge

    Brazil · Portugal · no-first-person-singular-present
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *-né-der. Proto-Italic *pelnōder. Latin pellō Latin expellerebor. Portuguese expelir Borrowed from Latin expellere.

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