# espoliar
## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spoliāre. Compare the inherited doublet esbulhar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /is.po.liˈa(ʁ)/ [is.po.lɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /is.poˈlja(ʁ)/ [is.poˈlja(h)], /es.po.liˈa(ʁ)/ [es.po.lɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /es.poˈlja(ʁ)/ [es.poˈlja(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /is.po.liˈa(ʁ)/ [is.po.lɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /is.poˈlja(ʁ)/ [is.poˈlja(h)], /es.po.liˈa(ʁ)/ [es.po.lɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /es.poˈlja(ʁ)/ [es.poˈlja(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /is.po.liˈa(ɾ)/ [is.po.lɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /is.poˈlja(ɾ)/, /es.po.liˈa(ɾ)/ [es.po.lɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /es.poˈlja(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʃ.po.liˈa(ʁ)/ [iʃ.po.lɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.poˈlja(ʁ)/ [iʃ.poˈlja(χ)], /eʃ.po.liˈa(ʁ)/ [eʃ.po.lɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /eʃ.poˈlja(ʁ)/ [eʃ.poˈlja(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /es.po.liˈa(ɻ)/ [es.po.lɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /es.poˈlja(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.puˈljaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.puˈljaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.puˈlja.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: es‧po‧li‧ar

### Verb

espoliar (first-person singular present espolio, first-person singular preterite espoliei, past participle espoliado)
* (transitive) to plunder; to loot (to take an enemy’s possessions by force)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /espoˈljaɾ/ [es.poˈljaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: es‧po‧liar

### Verb

espoliar (first-person singular present espolio, first-person singular preterite espolié, past participle espoliado)
* Alternative spelling of expoliar

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | espoliar | espoliar | espoliar | espoliar | espoliar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | espoliando | espoliando | espoliando | espoliando | espoliando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | espoliado | espoliado | espoliada | espoliada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | espoliados | espoliados | espoliadas | espoliadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | espolio | espolias$^{tú}$ espoliás$^{vos}$ | espolia | espoliamos | espoliáis | espolian |
| indicative | imperfect | espoliaba | espoliabas | espoliaba | espoliábamos | espoliabais | espoliaban |
| indicative | preterite | espolié | espoliaste | espolió | espoliamos | espoliasteis | espoliaron |
| indicative | future | espoliaré | espoliarás | espoliará | espoliaremos | espoliaréis | espoliarán |
| indicative | conditional | espoliaría | espoliarías | espoliaría | espoliaríamos | espoliaríais | espoliarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | espolie | espolies$^{tú}$ espoliés$^{vos2}$ | espolie | espoliemos | espoliéis | espolien |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | espoliara | espoliaras | espoliara | espoliáramos | espoliarais | espoliaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | espoliase | espoliases | espoliase | espoliásemos | espoliaseis | espoliasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | espoliare | espoliares | espoliare | espoliáremos | espoliareis | espoliaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | espolia$^{tú}$ espoliá$^{vos}$ | espolie | espoliemos | espoliad | espolien |
| imperative | negative | | no espolies | no espolie | no espoliemos | no espoliéis | no espolien |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “espoliar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014