expolio
Spanish, noun
expolio is spelled E-X-P-O-L-I-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 44,034th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Expolio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pillaging, sacking, exspoliation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of expoliar. With an accent, expolió is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of expoliar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de expoliar”.
What does expolio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepillaging, sacking, exspoliation
- 2
masculinespoils
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of expoliar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of expoliar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de expoliar. 2. Botín del ganador; botín del saqueador. 3. Conjunto de bienes de la mitra que quedaban en posesión de la Iglesia cuando moría sin testamento el clérigo que los poseía, por haber sido adquiridos con rentas eclesiásticas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of expolio
- expolios plural
- espolio alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to expolio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is expolio in Spanish?
expolio appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).