despojar
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish despojar, itself from Latin dēspoliāre. Compare the inherited doublet debulhar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.poˈʒa(ʁ)/ [des.poˈʒa(h)], /d͡ʒis.poˈʒa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.poˈʒa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /des.poˈʒa(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒis.poˈʒa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃ.poˈʒa(ʁ)/ [deʃ.poˈʒa(χ)], /d͡ʒiʃ.poˈʒa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.poˈʒa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /des.poˈʒa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.puˈʒaɾ/
Verb
despojar (first-person singular present despojo, first-person singular preterite despojei, past participle despojado)
- (transitive) to deprive of
- Synonym: privar
Conjugation
Conjugation of despojar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | despojar | |||||
| Personal | despojar | despojares | despojar | despojarmos | despojardes | despojarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| despojando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | despojado | despojados | ||||
| Feminine | despojada | despojadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | despojo | despojas | despoja | despojamos | despojais | despojam |
| Imperfect | despojava | despojavas | despojava | despojávamos | despojáveis | despojavam |
| Preterite | despojei | despojaste | despojou | despojamos1, despojámos2 | despojastes | despojaram |
| Pluperfect | despojara | despojaras | despojara | despojáramos | despojáreis | despojaram |
| Future | despojarei | despojarás | despojará | despojaremos | despojareis | despojarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| despojaria | despojarias | despojaria | despojaríamos | despojaríeis | despojariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | despoje | despojes | despoje | despojemos | despojeis | despojem |
| Imperfect | despojasse | despojasses | despojasse | despojássemos | despojásseis | despojassem |
| Future | despojar | despojares | despojar | despojarmos | despojardes | despojarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | despoja | despoje | despojemos | despojai | despojem | |
| Negative (não) | não despojes | não despoje | não despojemos | não despojeis | não despojem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish [Term?], from Latin dēspoliāre, present active infinitive of dēspoliō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /despoˈxaɾ/ [d̪es.poˈxaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧po‧jar
Verb
despojar (first-person singular present despojo, first-person singular preterite despojé, past participle despojado)
- (transitive) to strip, clear, leave bare
- (reflexive) to divest oneself of
Usage notes
Constructed as despojar a alguien de algo, despojarse de algo.
Conjugation
Conjugation of despojar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | despojar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | despojando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | despojado | despojada | |||||
| plural | despojados | despojadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | despojo | despojastú despojásvos | despoja | despojamos | despojáis | despojan | |
| imperfect | despojaba | despojabas | despojaba | despojábamos | despojabais | despojaban | |
| preterite | despojé | despojaste | despojó | despojamos | despojasteis | despojaron | |
| future | despojaré | despojarás | despojará | despojaremos | despojaréis | despojarán | |
| conditional | despojaría | despojarías | despojaría | despojaríamos | despojaríais | despojarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | despoje | despojestú despojésvos2 | despoje | despojemos | despojéis | despojen | |
| imperfect (ra) | despojara | despojaras | despojara | despojáramos | despojarais | despojaran | |
| imperfect (se) | despojase | despojases | despojase | despojásemos | despojaseis | despojasen | |
| future1 | despojare | despojares | despojare | despojáremos | despojareis | despojaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | despojatú despojávos | despoje | despojemos | despojad | despojen | ||
| negative | no despojes | no despoje | no despojemos | no despojéis | no despojen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of despojar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive despojar | |||||||
| dative | despojarme | despojarte | despojarle, despojarse | despojarnos | despojaros | despojarles, despojarse | |
| accusative | despojarme | despojarte | despojarlo, despojarla, despojarse | despojarnos | despojaros | despojarlos, despojarlas, despojarse | |
| with gerund despojando | |||||||
| dative | despojándome | despojándote | despojándole, despojándose | despojándonos | despojándoos | despojándoles, despojándose | |
| accusative | despojándome | despojándote | despojándolo, despojándola, despojándose | despojándonos | despojándoos | despojándolos, despojándolas, despojándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative despoja | |||||||
| dative | despójame | despójate | despójale | despójanos | not used | despójales | |
| accusative | despójame | despójate | despójalo, despójala | despójanos | not used | despójalos, despójalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative despojá | |||||||
| dative | despojame | despojate | despojale | despojanos | not used | despojales | |
| accusative | despojame | despojate | despojalo, despojala | despojanos | not used | despojalos, despojalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative despoje | |||||||
| dative | despójeme | not used | despójele, despójese | despójenos | not used | despójeles | |
| accusative | despójeme | not used | despójelo, despójela, despójese | despójenos | not used | despójelos, despójelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative despojemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | despojémoste | despojémosle | despojémonos | despojémoos | despojémosles | |
| accusative | not used | despojémoste | despojémoslo, despojémosla | despojémonos | despojémoos | despojémoslos, despojémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative despojad | |||||||
| dative | despojadme | not used | despojadle | despojadnos | despojaos | despojadles | |
| accusative | despojadme | not used | despojadlo, despojadla | despojadnos | despojaos | despojadlos, despojadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative despojen | |||||||
| dative | despójenme | not used | despójenle | despójennos | not used | despójenles, despójense | |
| accusative | despójenme | not used | despójenlo, despójenla | despójennos | not used | despójenlos, despójenlas, despójense | |
Derived terms
- despojamiento
- despojo
- despojos mortales
- despojos de la guerra
Further reading
- “despojar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014