# despejar
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From des- +‎ pejar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /des.peˈʒa(ʁ)/ [des.peˈʒa(h)], /d͡ʒis.peˈʒa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.peˈʒa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /des.peˈʒa(ʁ)/ [des.peˈʒa(h)], /d͡ʒis.peˈʒa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.peˈʒa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /des.peˈʒa(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒis.peˈʒa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /deʃ.peˈʒa(ʁ)/ [deʃ.peˈʒa(χ)], /d͡ʒiʃ.peˈʒa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.peˈʒa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /des.peˈʒa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃ.pɨˈʒaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃ.pɨˈʒaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃ.pɨˈʒa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: des‧pe‧jar

### Verb

despejar (first-person singular present despejo, first-person singular preterite despejei, past participle despejado)
* (transitive) to empty
** 1999, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 151:Devagarinho, ela foi se abaixando para pegar uma saca a seus pés, despejou-a, e caíram na cama uns pedacinhos de madeira e gravetos, tudo que restava da fiel vassoura de Harry, enfim derrotada.Very slowly, she was kneeling down to get a sack on his feet, she emptied it, and some little fragments and chips of wood fell on the bed, everything what remained from the loyal Harry's broom, finally defeated.
* (transitive) to pour (to cause to flow in a stream)
* (transitive) to pour (to send forth as in a stream or a flood)
* (transitive) to evict (to expel)

#### Conjugation

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

#### Descendants

* → Spanish: despejar

### References

* ↑ “despejar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
* ↑ “despejar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese despejar, from des- + pejar, from peia (cord to tie down animals legs or feet, cf. impede), from Vulgar Latin pedea, from Latin pes, pedis, foot.
"peia", in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa [em linha], 2008-2024, https://dicionario.priberam.org/peia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /despeˈxaɾ/ [d̪es.peˈxaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: des‧pe‧jar

### Verb

despejar (first-person singular present despejo, first-person singular preterite despejé, past participle despejado)
* to clear, to remove
    Despejó todas las dudas.She removed all doubts.
* (sports, soccer) to clear (kicking a ball away from the goal one is defend)
* (reflexive) to clear up
* (reflexive) to get away, to leave
* (reflexive) to get a clear mind, clear one's thoughts

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | despejar | despejar | despejar | despejar | despejar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | despejando | despejando | despejando | despejando | despejando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | despejado | despejado | despejada | despejada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | despejados | despejados | despejadas | despejadas |
| | | 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 | despejo | despejas$^{tú}$ despejás$^{vos}$ | despeja | despejamos | despejáis | despejan |
| indicative | imperfect | despejaba | despejabas | despejaba | despejábamos | despejabais | despejaban |
| indicative | preterite | despejé | despejaste | despejó | despejamos | despejasteis | despejaron |
| indicative | future | despejaré | despejarás | despejará | despejaremos | despejaréis | despejarán |
| indicative | conditional | despejaría | despejarías | despejaría | despejaríamos | despejaríais | despejarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | despeje | despejes$^{tú}$ despejés$^{vos2}$ | despeje | despejemos | despejéis | despejen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | despejara | despejaras | despejara | despejáramos | despejarais | despejaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | despejase | despejases | despejase | despejásemos | despejaseis | despejasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | despejare | despejares | despejare | despejáremos | despejareis | despejaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | despeja$^{tú}$ despejá$^{vos}$ | despeje | despejemos | despejad | despejen |
| imperative | negative | | no despejes | no despeje | no despejemos | no despejéis | no despejen |
$^1$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.

#### See also

* franquear

### Further reading

* “despejar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28