exhumar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin exhumō, from Latin ex- + humō (“to bury”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əɡ.zuˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eɡ.zuˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

exhumar (first-person singular present exhumo, first-person singular preterite exhumí, past participle exhumat)

1. to exhume, disinter

   Synonym: desenterrar

   Antonyms: enterrar, inhumar

Related terms

• exhumació

Further reading

• “exhumar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “exhumar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “exhumar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “exhumar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin exhumō, from Latin ex- + humō (“to bury”).

Verb

1. to exhume, disinter

   Synonym: desenterrar

   Antonyms: enterrar, inhumar

Related terms

• exhumación

Further reading

• “exhumar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

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Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin exhumō, from Latin ex- + humō (“to bury”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡsuˈmaɾ/ [eɣ̞.suˈmaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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Verb

exhumar (first-person singular present exhumo, first-person singular preterite exhumé, past participle exhumado)

1. to exhume, disinter

   Synonym: desenterrar

   Antonyms: enterrar, inhumar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of exhumar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			exhumar
gerund			exhumando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		exhumado		exhumada
		plural		exhumados		exhumadas
		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	exhumo	exhumastú exhumásvos	exhuma	exhumamos	exhumáis	exhuman
	imperfect	exhumaba	exhumabas	exhumaba	exhumábamos	exhumabais	exhumaban
	preterite	exhumé	exhumaste	exhumó	exhumamos	exhumasteis	exhumaron
	future	exhumaré	exhumarás	exhumará	exhumaremos	exhumaréis	exhumarán
	conditional	exhumaría	exhumarías	exhumaría	exhumaríamos	exhumaríais	exhumarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	exhume	exhumestú exhumésvos2	exhume	exhumemos	exhuméis	exhumen
	imperfect (ra)	exhumara	exhumaras	exhumara	exhumáramos	exhumarais	exhumaran
	imperfect (se)	exhumase	exhumases	exhumase	exhumásemos	exhumaseis	exhumasen
	future1	exhumare	exhumares	exhumare	exhumáremos	exhumareis	exhumaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		exhumatú exhumávos	exhume	exhumemos	exhumad	exhumen
	negative		no exhumes	no exhume	no exhumemos	no exhuméis	no exhumen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of exhumar

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 exhumar
	dative	exhumarme	exhumarte	exhumarle, exhumarse	exhumarnos	exhumaros	exhumarles, exhumarse
	accusative	exhumarme	exhumarte	exhumarlo, exhumarla, exhumarse	exhumarnos	exhumaros	exhumarlos, exhumarlas, exhumarse
with gerund exhumando
	dative	exhumándome	exhumándote	exhumándole, exhumándose	exhumándonos	exhumándoos	exhumándoles, exhumándose
	accusative	exhumándome	exhumándote	exhumándolo, exhumándola, exhumándose	exhumándonos	exhumándoos	exhumándolos, exhumándolas, exhumándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative exhuma
	dative	exhúmame	exhúmate	exhúmale	exhúmanos	not used	exhúmales
	accusative	exhúmame	exhúmate	exhúmalo, exhúmala	exhúmanos	not used	exhúmalos, exhúmalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative exhumá
	dative	exhumame	exhumate	exhumale	exhumanos	not used	exhumales
	accusative	exhumame	exhumate	exhumalo, exhumala	exhumanos	not used	exhumalos, exhumalas
with formal second-person singular imperative exhume
	dative	exhúmeme	not used	exhúmele, exhúmese	exhúmenos	not used	exhúmeles
	accusative	exhúmeme	not used	exhúmelo, exhúmela, exhúmese	exhúmenos	not used	exhúmelos, exhúmelas
with first-person plural imperative exhumemos
	dative	not used	exhumémoste	exhumémosle	exhumémonos	exhumémoos	exhumémosles
	accusative	not used	exhumémoste	exhumémoslo, exhumémosla	exhumémonos	exhumémoos	exhumémoslos, exhumémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative exhumad
	dative	exhumadme	not used	exhumadle	exhumadnos	exhumaos	exhumadles
	accusative	exhumadme	not used	exhumadlo, exhumadla	exhumadnos	exhumaos	exhumadlos, exhumadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative exhumen
	dative	exhúmenme	not used	exhúmenle	exhúmennos	not used	exhúmenles, exhúmense
	accusative	exhúmenme	not used	exhúmenlo, exhúmenla	exhúmennos	not used	exhúmenlos, exhúmenlas, exhúmense

Related terms

• exhumación

Further reading

• “exhumar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28