exir

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin exīre.

According to Coromines and Pascual, unused by the 15th century, by the end of which Antonio de Nebrija reports a minor use of its imperative, exe/exi, as an interjection for dogs.

Had the word lived on in modern Spanish, it would have yielded *ejir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈʃiɾ/

Verb

exir

1. (obsolete) to exit, leave, go out

   Synonym: salir

   • between 1140-1207, anonymous, Cid 1171:

     Non oſan fueras exir nĩ con el ſe aiuntar

     They do not dare go out, nor come across him [the Cid]

Derived terms

• exido

References

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “ejido”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 549
• “exir”, 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

Spanish

Verb

exir (first-person singular present exo, first-person singular preterite exí, past participle exido)

1. (intransitive, archaic) to exit

Conjugation

    Conjugation of exir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			exir
gerund			exiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		exido		exida
		plural		exidos		exidas
		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	exo	exestú exísvos	exe	eximos	exís	exen
	imperfect	exía	exías	exía	exíamos	exíais	exían
	preterite	exí	existe	exió	eximos	existeis	exieron
	future	exiré	exirás	exirá	exiremos	exiréis	exirán
	conditional	exiría	exirías	exiría	exiríamos	exiríais	exirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	exa	exastú exásvos2	exa	examos	exáis	exan
	imperfect (ra)	exiera	exieras	exiera	exiéramos	exierais	exieran
	imperfect (se)	exiese	exieses	exiese	exiésemos	exieseis	exiesen
	future1	exiere	exieres	exiere	exiéremos	exiereis	exieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		exetú exívos	exa	examos	exid	exan
	negative		no exas	no exa	no examos	no exáis	no exan

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

    Selected combined forms of exir

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 exir	dative	exirme	exirte	exirle, exirse	exirnos	exiros	exirles, exirse
	accusative	exirme	exirte	exirlo, exirla, exirse	exirnos	exiros	exirlos, exirlas, exirse
with gerund exiendo	dative	exiéndome	exiéndote	exiéndole, exiéndose	exiéndonos	exiéndoos	exiéndoles, exiéndose
	accusative	exiéndome	exiéndote	exiéndolo, exiéndola, exiéndose	exiéndonos	exiéndoos	exiéndolos, exiéndolas, exiéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative exe	dative	éxeme	éxete	éxele	éxenos	not used	éxeles
	accusative	éxeme	éxete	éxelo, éxela	éxenos	not used	éxelos, éxelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative exí	dative	exime	exite	exile	exinos	not used	exiles
	accusative	exime	exite	exilo, exila	exinos	not used	exilos, exilas
with formal second-person singular imperative exa	dative	éxame	not used	éxale, éxase	éxanos	not used	éxales
	accusative	éxame	not used	éxalo, éxala, éxase	éxanos	not used	éxalos, éxalas
with first-person plural imperative examos	dative	not used	exámoste	exámosle	exámonos	exámoos	exámosles
	accusative	not used	exámoste	exámoslo, exámosla	exámonos	exámoos	exámoslos, exámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative exid	dative	exidme	not used	exidle	exidnos	exíos	exidles
	accusative	exidme	not used	exidlo, exidla	exidnos	exíos	exidlos, exidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative exan	dative	éxanme	not used	éxanle	éxannos	not used	éxanles, éxanse
	accusative	éxanme	not used	éxanlo, éxanla	éxannos	not used	éxanlos, éxanlas, éxanse

Derived terms

• exiente

Further reading

• “exir”, 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