expropriar
Portuguese, verb/is.pɾo.pɾiˈa(ʁ)/
expropriar is spelled E-X-P-R-O-P-R-I-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 117,162nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Expropriar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to expropriate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desapossar uma propriedade, tomar um bem”.
What does expropriar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to expropriate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. desapossar uma propriedade, tomar um bem 2. privar legalmente uma pessoa de sua propriedade
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of expropriar
- exproprio first-person present singular
- expropriei first-person preterite singular
- expropriado participle past
- expropriares infinitive second-person singular
- expropriarmos first-person infinitive plural
- expropriardes infinitive plural second-person
- expropriarem infinitive plural third-person
- expropriando gerund
- expropriados masculine participle past
- expropriada feminine participle past
- expropriadas feminine participle past
- exproprias indicative present second-person
- expropria indicative present singular
- expropriamos first-person indicative plural
- expropriais indicative plural present
- expropriam indicative plural present
- expropriava first-person imperfect indicative
- expropriavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce expropriar?
- Brazil /is.pɾo.pɾiˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.pɾo.pɾiˈa(h)]
- Brazil /is.pɾoˈpɾja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to expropriar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is expropriar in Portuguese?
expropriar appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).