expropiar
Spanish, verb/eɡspɾoˈpjaɾ/
expropiar is spelled E-X-P-R-O-P-I-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 36,968th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Expropiar is a Spanish verb meaning “to expropriate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Desposeer de una cosa a su propietario, dándole en cambio una indemnización. Se efectúa legalmente por…”.
What does expropiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to expropriate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Desposeer de una cosa a su propietario, dándole en cambio una indemnización. Se efectúa legalmente por motivos de utilidad pública.
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 expropiar
- expropio first-person present singular
- expropié first-person preterite singular
- expropiado participle past
- expropiando gerund
- expropiada feminine participle past
- expropiados masculine participle past
- expropiadas feminine participle past
- expropias indicative informal present
- expropiás indicative informal present
- expropia indicative present singular
- expropiamos first-person indicative plural
- expropiáis indicative plural present
- expropian indicative plural present
- expropiaba first-person imperfect indicative
- expropiabas imperfect indicative second-person
- expropiábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- expropiabais imperfect indicative plural
- expropiaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce expropiar?
- /eɡspɾoˈpjaɾ/
- [eɣ̞s.pɾoˈpjaɾ]
- [ekspɾoˈpjaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to expropiar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is expropiar in Spanish?
expropiar 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).