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Borrowed from Latin spoliāre. Compare the inherited doublet esbulhar.

(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)]
(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)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /is.po.liˈa(ɻ)/ [is.po.lɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /is.poˈlja(ɻ)/, /es.po.liˈa(ɻ)/ [es.po.lɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /es.poˈlja(ɻ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.po.liˈa(ʁ)/ [es.po.lɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /es.poˈlja(ʁ)/ [es.poˈlja(h)]
(Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.puˈljaɾ/
(Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.puˈljaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.puˈlja.ɾi/
Hyphenation: es‧po‧li‧ar

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)

“espoliar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“espoliar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
IPA(key): /espoˈljaɾ/ [es.poˈljaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: es‧po‧liar

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

alternative spelling of expoliar

Selected combined forms of espoliar

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 espoliar | dative | espoliarme | espoliarte | espoliarle, espoliarse | espoliarnos | espoliaros | espoliarles, espoliarse | | accusative | espoliarme | espoliarte | espoliarlo, espoliarla, espoliarse | espoliarnos | espoliaros | espoliarlos, espoliarlas, espoliarse | | | | | | | | | | | | with gerund espoliando | dative | espoliándome | espoliándote | espoliándole, espoliándose | espoliándonos | espoliándoos | espoliándoles, espoliándose | | accusative | espoliándome | espoliándote | espoliándolo, espoliándola, espoliándose | espoliándonos | espoliándoos | espoliándolos, espoliándolas, espoliándose | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative espolia | dative | espóliame | espóliate | espóliale | espólianos | not used | espóliales | | accusative | espóliame | espóliate | espólialo, espóliala | espólianos | not used | espólialos, espólialas | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person singular voseo imperative espoliá | dative | espoliame | espoliate | espoliale | espolianos | not used | espoliales | | accusative | espoliame | espoliate | espolialo, espoliala | espolianos | not used | espolialos, espolialas | | | | | | | | | | | | with formal second-person singular imperative espolie | dative | espólieme | not used | espóliele, espóliese | espólienos | not used | espólieles | | accusative | espólieme | not used | espólielo, espóliela, espóliese | espólienos | not used | espólielos, espólielas | | | | | | | | | | | | with first-person plural imperative espoliemos | dative | not used | espoliémoste | espoliémosle | espoliémonos | espoliémoos | espoliémosles | | accusative | not used | espoliémoste | espoliémoslo, espoliémosla | espoliémonos | espoliémoos | espoliémoslos, espoliémoslas | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person plural imperative espoliad | dative | espoliadme | not used | espoliadle | espoliadnos | espoliaos | espoliadles | | accusative | espoliadme | not used | espoliadlo, espoliadla | espoliadnos | espoliaos | espoliadlos, espoliadlas | | | | | | | | | | | | with formal second-person plural imperative espolien | dative | espólienme | not used | espólienle | espóliennos | not used | espólienles, espóliense | | accusative | espólienme | not used | espólienlo, espólienla | espóliennos | not used | espólienlos, espólienlas, espóliense | |

“espoliar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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