exhalar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exhālāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əɡ.zəˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eɡ.zaˈlaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [eɡ.zaˈla]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

exhalar (first-person singular present exhalo, first-person singular preterite exhalí, past participle exhalat)

1. to exhale

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of exhalar (first conjugation)

infinitive			exhalar
gerund			exhalant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		exhalat		exhalada
		plural		exhalats		exhalades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	exhalo	exhales	exhala	exhalem	exhaleu	exhalen
	imperfect	exhalava	exhalaves	exhalava	exhalàvem	exhalàveu	exhalaven
	future	exhalaré	exhalaràs	exhalarà	exhalarem	exhalareu	exhalaran
	preterite	exhalí	exhalares	exhalà	exhalàrem	exhalàreu	exhalaren
	conditional	exhalaria	exhalaries	exhalaria	exhalaríem	exhalaríeu	exhalarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	exhali	exhalis	exhali	exhalem	exhaleu	exhalin
	imperfect	exhalés	exhalessis	exhalés	exhaléssim	exhaléssiu	exhalessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	exhala	exhali	exhalem	exhaleu	exhalin
	negative (no)	—	no exhalis	no exhali	no exhalem	no exhaleu	no exhalin

Derived terms

• exhalació

Portuguese

Verb

exhalar (first-person singular present exhalo, first-person singular preterite exhalei, past participle exhalado)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of exalar
   • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A morte de Bertha [Bertha’s death]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 221:

     O seu pequeno corpo, macio, feito da brancura das assucenas que desabrocham em maio, exhalava como que um aroma de flôr.

     Her small, soft body, made of the whiteness of lilies blooming in May, exhaled a scent like that of a flower.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of exhalar (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	exhalar
Personal	exhalar	exhalares	exhalar	exhalarmos	exhalardes	exhalarem
Gerund
	exhalando
Past participle
Masculine	exhalado			exhalados
Feminine	exhalada			exhaladas
Indicative
Present	exhalo	exhalas	exhala	exhalamos	exhalais	exhalam
Imperfect	exhalava	exhalavas	exhalava	exhalávamos	exhaláveis	exhalavam
Preterite	exhalei	exhalaste	exhalou	exhalamos1, exhalámos2	exhalastes	exhalaram
Pluperfect	exhalara	exhalaras	exhalara	exhaláramos	exhaláreis	exhalaram
Future	exhalarei	exhalarás	exhalará	exhalaremos	exhalareis	exhalarão
Conditional	exhalaria	exhalarias	exhalaria	exhalaríamos	exhalaríeis	exhalariam
Subjunctive
Present	exhale	exhales	exhale	exhalemos	exhaleis	exhalem
Imperfect	exhalasse	exhalasses	exhalasse	exhalássemos	exhalásseis	exhalassem
Future	exhalar	exhalares	exhalar	exhalarmos	exhalardes	exhalarem
Imperative
Affirmative		exhala	exhale	exhalemos	exhalai	exhalem
Negative (não)		não exhales	não exhale	não exhalemos	não exhaleis	não exhalem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin exhālāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡsaˈlaɾ/ [eɣ̞.saˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ex‧ha‧lar

Verb

exhalar (first-person singular present exhalo, first-person singular preterite exhalé, past participle exhalado)

1. to exhale

   Synonym: espirar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of exhalar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			exhalar
gerund			exhalando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		exhalado		exhalada
		plural		exhalados		exhaladas
		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	exhalo	exhalastú exhalásvos	exhala	exhalamos	exhaláis	exhalan
	imperfect	exhalaba	exhalabas	exhalaba	exhalábamos	exhalabais	exhalaban
	preterite	exhalé	exhalaste	exhaló	exhalamos	exhalasteis	exhalaron
	future	exhalaré	exhalarás	exhalará	exhalaremos	exhalaréis	exhalarán
	conditional	exhalaría	exhalarías	exhalaría	exhalaríamos	exhalaríais	exhalarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	exhale	exhalestú exhalésvos2	exhale	exhalemos	exhaléis	exhalen
	imperfect (ra)	exhalara	exhalaras	exhalara	exhaláramos	exhalarais	exhalaran
	imperfect (se)	exhalase	exhalases	exhalase	exhalásemos	exhalaseis	exhalasen
	future1	exhalare	exhalares	exhalare	exhaláremos	exhalareis	exhalaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		exhalatú exhalávos	exhale	exhalemos	exhalad	exhalen
	negative		no exhales	no exhale	no exhalemos	no exhaléis	no exhalen

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

    Selected combined forms of exhalar

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 exhalar	dative	exhalarme	exhalarte	exhalarle, exhalarse	exhalarnos	exhalaros	exhalarles, exhalarse
	accusative	exhalarme	exhalarte	exhalarlo, exhalarla, exhalarse	exhalarnos	exhalaros	exhalarlos, exhalarlas, exhalarse
with gerund exhalando	dative	exhalándome	exhalándote	exhalándole, exhalándose	exhalándonos	exhalándoos	exhalándoles, exhalándose
	accusative	exhalándome	exhalándote	exhalándolo, exhalándola, exhalándose	exhalándonos	exhalándoos	exhalándolos, exhalándolas, exhalándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative exhala	dative	exhálame	exhálate	exhálale	exhálanos	not used	exhálales
	accusative	exhálame	exhálate	exhálalo, exhálala	exhálanos	not used	exhálalos, exhálalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative exhalá	dative	exhalame	exhalate	exhalale	exhalanos	not used	exhalales
	accusative	exhalame	exhalate	exhalalo, exhalala	exhalanos	not used	exhalalos, exhalalas
with formal second-person singular imperative exhale	dative	exháleme	not used	exhálele, exhálese	exhálenos	not used	exháleles
	accusative	exháleme	not used	exhálelo, exhálela, exhálese	exhálenos	not used	exhálelos, exhálelas
with first-person plural imperative exhalemos	dative	not used	exhalémoste	exhalémosle	exhalémonos	exhalémoos	exhalémosles
	accusative	not used	exhalémoste	exhalémoslo, exhalémosla	exhalémonos	exhalémoos	exhalémoslos, exhalémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative exhalad	dative	exhaladme	not used	exhaladle	exhaladnos	exhalaos	exhaladles
	accusative	exhaladme	not used	exhaladlo, exhaladla	exhaladnos	exhalaos	exhaladlos, exhaladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative exhalen	dative	exhálenme	not used	exhálenle	exhálennos	not used	exhálenles, exhálense
	accusative	exhálenme	not used	exhálenlo, exhálenla	exhálennos	not used	exhálenlos, exhálenlas, exhálense

Derived terms

• exhalación

Further reading

• “exhalar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025