Meaning
to expel
- to deport
- to send off
- to discharge, eject
In a sentence
La scuola ha espulso Marco per una rissa.
The school expelled Marco for a fight.
Possono espellere una persona senza documenti?
Can they deport a person without documents?
L'arbitro ha deciso di espellere il difensore.
The referee decided to send off the defender.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| espellere | infinitive |
| espelliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| espello | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| espellete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| espelli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| espellono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| espelle | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| espellevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| espellevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| espellevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| espellevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| espellevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| espelleva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| espellemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| espulsi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| espelleste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| espellesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| espulsero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| espulse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| espelleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| espellerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| espellerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| espellerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| espelleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| espellerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| espelliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| espella | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| espelliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| espella | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| espellano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| espella | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| espellessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| espellessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| espelleste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| espellessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| espellessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| espellesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| espelleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| espellerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| espellereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| espelleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| espellerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| espellerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| espelliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| espellete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| espelli | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| espellendo | gerund |
| espulso | past · participle |
Usage notes
- More formal and institutional than cacciare via or mandare via; common for schools, clubs, parties, and legal or administrative contexts.
- Use espellere da + place/group: espellere da scuola, dal partito. For a person removed from a group, often passive: è stato espulso.
- Past participle is espulso. With essere in passive or reflexive-like uses, it agrees: è stata espulsa dall'università.
- past participle espulso