despejar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old Galician-Portuguese des-

Portuguese des-

Portuguese pejar

Portuguese despejar

From des- + pejar.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.peˈʒa(ʁ)/ [des.peˈʒa(h)], /d͡ʒis.peˈʒa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.peˈʒa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /des.peˈʒa(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒis.peˈʒa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʃ.peˈʒa(ʁ)/ [deʃ.peˈʒa(χ)], /d͡ʒiʃ.peˈʒa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.peˈʒa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /des.peˈʒa(ɻ)/, /d͡ʒis.peˈʒa(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.pɨˈʒaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.pɨˈʒa.ɾi/

Hyphenation: des‧pe‧jar

Verb

despejar (first-person singular present despejo, first-person singular preterite despejei, past participle despejado)

(transitive) to empty
- 1999, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 151:
  Devagarinho, ela foi se abaixando para pegar uma saca a seus pés, despejou-a, e caíram na cama uns pedacinhos de madeira e gravetos, tudo que restava da fiel vassoura de Harry, enfim derrotada.
  Very slowly, she was kneeling down to get a sack on his feet, she emptied it, and some little fragments and chips of wood fell on the bed, everything what remained from the loyal Harry's broom, finally defeated.
(transitive) to pour (to cause to flow in a stream)
(transitive) to pour (to send forth as in a stream or a flood)
(transitive) to evict (to expel)

Conjugation

Conjugation of despejar (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	despejar
Personal	despejar	despejares	despejar	despejarmos	despejardes	despejarem
Gerund
	despejando
Past participle
Masculine	despejado			despejados
Feminine	despejada			despejadas
Indicative
Present	despejo	despejas	despeja	despejamos	despejais	despejam
Imperfect	despejava	despejavas	despejava	despejávamos	despejáveis	despejavam
Preterite	despejei	despejaste	despejou	despejamos¹, despejámos²	despejastes	despejaram
Pluperfect	despejara	despejaras	despejara	despejáramos	despejáreis	despejaram
Future	despejarei	despejarás	despejará	despejaremos	despejareis	despejarão
Conditional	despejaria	despejarias	despejaria	despejaríamos	despejaríeis	despejariam
Subjunctive
Present	despeje	despejes	despeje	despejemos	despejeis	despejem
Imperfect	despejasse	despejasses	despejasse	despejássemos	despejásseis	despejassem
Future	despejar	despejares	despejar	despejarmos	despejardes	despejarem
Imperative
Affirmative		despeja	despeje	despejemos	despejai	despejem
Negative (não)		não despejes	não despeje	não despejemos	não despejeis	não despejem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Descendants

→ Spanish: despejar

References

^ “despejar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
^ “despejar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese despejar, from des- + pejar, from peia (cord to tie down animals legs or feet, cf. impede), from Vulgar Latin pedea, from Latin pes, pedis, foot.

"peia", in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa [em linha], 2008-2024, https://dicionario.priberam.org/peia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /despeˈxaɾ/ [d̪es.peˈxaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: des‧pe‧jar

Verb

despejar (first-person singular present despejo, first-person singular preterite despejé, past participle despejado)

to clear, to remove
Despejó todas las dudas.
She removed all doubts.
(sports, soccer) to clear (kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending)
(reflexive) to clear up
(reflexive) to get away, to leave
(reflexive) to get a clear mind, clear one's thoughts

Conjugation

Conjugation of despejar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			despejar
gerund			despejando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		despejado		despejada
		plural		despejados		despejadas
		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	despejo	despejas^{^tú} despejás^{^vos}	despeja	despejamos	despejáis	despejan
	imperfect	despejaba	despejabas	despejaba	despejábamos	despejabais	despejaban
	preterite	despejé	despejaste	despejó	despejamos	despejasteis	despejaron
	future	despejaré	despejarás	despejará	despejaremos	despejaréis	despejarán
	conditional	despejaría	despejarías	despejaría	despejaríamos	despejaríais	despejarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	despeje	despejes^{^tú} despejés^{^vos²}	despeje	despejemos	despejéis	despejen
	imperfect (ra)	despejara	despejaras	despejara	despejáramos	despejarais	despejaran
	imperfect (se)	despejase	despejases	despejase	despejásemos	despejaseis	despejasen
	future¹	despejare	despejares	despejare	despejáremos	despejareis	despejaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		despeja^{^tú} despejá^{^vos}	despeje	despejemos	despejad	despejen
	negative		no despejes	no despeje	no despejemos	no despejéis	no despejen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of despejar

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 despejar	dative	despejarme	despejarte	despejarle, despejarse	despejarnos	despejaros	despejarles, despejarse
with infinitive despejar	accusative	despejarme	despejarte	despejarlo, despejarla, despejarse	despejarnos	despejaros	despejarlos, despejarlas, despejarse

with gerund despejando	dative	despejándome	despejándote	despejándole, despejándose	despejándonos	despejándoos	despejándoles, despejándose
with gerund despejando	accusative	despejándome	despejándote	despejándolo, despejándola, despejándose	despejándonos	despejándoos	despejándolos, despejándolas, despejándose

with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative despeja	dative	despéjame	despéjate	despéjale	despéjanos	not used	despéjales
	accusative	despéjame	despéjate	despéjalo, despéjala	despéjanos	not used	despéjalos, despéjalas

with informal second-person singular voseo imperative despejá	dative	despejame	despejate	despejale	despejanos	not used	despejales
	accusative	despejame	despejate	despejalo, despejala	despejanos	not used	despejalos, despejalas

with formal second-person singular imperative despeje	dative	despéjeme	not used	despéjele, despéjese	despéjenos	not used	despéjeles
with formal second-person singular imperative despeje	accusative	despéjeme	not used	despéjelo, despéjela, despéjese	despéjenos	not used	despéjelos, despéjelas

with first-person plural imperative despejemos	dative	not used	despejémoste	despejémosle	despejémonos	despejémoos	despejémosles
with first-person plural imperative despejemos	accusative	not used	despejémoste	despejémoslo, despejémosla	despejémonos	despejémoos	despejémoslos, despejémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative despejad	dative	despejadme	not used	despejadle	despejadnos	despejaos	despejadles
with informal second-person plural imperative despejad	accusative	despejadme	not used	despejadlo, despejadla	despejadnos	despejaos	despejadlos, despejadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative despejen	dative	despéjenme	not used	despéjenle	despéjennos	not used	despéjenles, despéjense
with formal second-person plural imperative despejen	accusative	despéjenme	not used	despéjenlo, despéjenla	despéjennos	not used	despéjenlos, despéjenlas, despéjense

despejar

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