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espoliar

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin spoliāre. Compare the inherited doublet esbulhar.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /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(key): /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(key): /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(key): /es.po.liˈa(ɻ)/ [es.po.lɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /es.poˈlja(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: es‧po‧li‧ar

Verb

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espoliar (first-person singular present espolio, first-person singular preterite espoliei, past participle espoliado)

  1. (transitive) to plunder; to loot (to take an enemy’s possessions by force)

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /espoˈljaɾ/ [es.poˈljaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: es‧po‧liar

Verb

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espoliar (first-person singular present espolio, first-person singular preterite espolié, past participle espoliado)

  1. Alternative spelling of expoliar

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Further reading

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