Meaning
to exile, banish
- to expel someone from their native country, often for political reasons
- to isolate or send away someone from a social circle
In a sentence
Il governo decise di esiliare tutti gli oppositori politici.
The government decided to exile all political opponents.
Dante fu esiliato dalla sua amata Firenze e non vi tornò mai più.
Dante was exiled from his beloved Florence and never returned there.
Perché hanno esiliato quel generale dopo la sconfitta?
Why did they exile that general after the defeat?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| esiliare | infinitive |
| esilio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| esili | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| esilia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| esiliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| esiliate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| esiliano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| esiliavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| esiliavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| esiliava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| esiliavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| esiliavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| esiliavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| esiliai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| esiliasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| esiliò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| esiliammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| esiliaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| esiliarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| esilierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| esilierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| esilierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| esilieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| esilierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| esilieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| esili | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| esili | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| esili | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| esiliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| esiliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| esilino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| esiliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| esiliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| esiliasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| esiliassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| esiliaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| esiliassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| esilierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| esilieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| esilierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| esilieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| esiliereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| esilierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| esilia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| esiliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| esiliate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| esiliando | gerund |
| esiliato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often found in the passive form ('essere esiliato da / a').