extirpar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exstirpāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əks.tirˈpa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eks.tiɾˈpaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Verb

extirpar (first-person singular present extirpo, first-person singular preterite extirpí, past participle extirpat)

1. (transitive) to extirpate, to uproot (to pull up by the roots)
2. to extirpate, to excise (to surgically remove)
3. to extirpate, to annihilate (to destroy completely)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of extirpar (first conjugation)

infinitive			extirpar
gerund			extirpant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		extirpat		extirpada
		plural		extirpats		extirpades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	extirpo	extirpes	extirpa	extirpem	extirpeu	extirpen
	imperfect	extirpava	extirpaves	extirpava	extirpàvem	extirpàveu	extirpaven
	future	extirparé	extirparàs	extirparà	extirparem	extirpareu	extirparan
	preterite	extirpí	extirpares	extirpà	extirpàrem	extirpàreu	extirparen
	conditional	extirparia	extirparies	extirparia	extirparíem	extirparíeu	extirparien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	extirpi	extirpis	extirpi	extirpem	extirpeu	extirpin
	imperfect	extirpés	extirpessis	extirpés	extirpéssim	extirpéssiu	extirpessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	extirpa	extirpi	extirpem	extirpeu	extirpin
	negative (no)	—	no extirpis	no extirpi	no extirpem	no extirpeu	no extirpin

Related terms

• extirpació

Further reading

• “extirpar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “extirpar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “extirpar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “extirpar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English extirpate, French extirper, Italian estirpare, Spanish extirpar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ekstirˈpar/, /eɡztirˈpar/

Verb

extirpar (present extirpas, past extirpis, future extirpos, conditional extirpus, imperative extirpez)

1. (transitive) extirpate, uproot
2. (transitive, surgery) to cut out, remove totally
3. (transitive, figuratively) to destroy wholly, eradicate, weed out

Conjugation

Conjugation of extirpar

		present		past		future
infinitive		extirpar		extirpir		extirpor
tense		extirpas		extirpis		extirpos
conditional		extirpus		—		—
imperative		extirpez		—		—
adjective active participle		extirpanta		extirpinta		extirponta
adverbial active participle		extirpante		extirpinte		extirponte
nominal active participle	singular	extirpanto		extirpinto		extirponto
	plural	extirpanti		extirpinti		extirponti
adjective passive participle		extirpata		extirpita		extirpota
adverbial passive participle		extirpate		extirpite		extirpote
nominal passive participle	singular	extirpato		extirpito		extirpoto
	plural	extirpati		extirpiti		extirpoti

Derived terms

• extirpala (“extirpative”)
• extirpero (“extirpator”)
• extirpisto (“extirpator”)
• extirpiva (“extirpative”)
• extirpo (“extirpation”)
• neextirpebla (“ineradicable”)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exstirpāre (“uproot”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.t͡ʃiʁˈpa(ʁ)/ [is.t͡ʃihˈpa(h)], /es.t͡ʃiʁˈpa(ʁ)/ [es.t͡ʃihˈpa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.t͡ʃiʁˈpa(ʁ)/ [is.t͡ʃihˈpa(h)], /es.t͡ʃiʁˈpa(ʁ)/ [es.t͡ʃihˈpa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /is.t͡ʃiɾˈpa(ɾ)/, /es.t͡ʃiɾˈpa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.t͡ʃiʁˈpa(ʁ)/ [iʃ.t͡ʃiχˈpa(χ)], /eʃ.t͡ʃiʁˈpa(ʁ)/ [eʃ.t͡ʃiχˈpa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /is.t͡ʃiɻˈpa(ɻ)/, /es.t͡ʃiɻˈpa(ɻ)/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.t͡ʃiʁˈpa(ʁ)/ [es.t͡ʃihˈpa(h)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tiɾˈpaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tiɾˈpaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tiɾˈpa.ɾi/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ex‧tir‧par

Verb

extirpar (first-person singular present extirpo, first-person singular preterite extirpei, past participle extirpado)

1. to extirpate; to uproot

Conjugation

    Conjugation of extirpar (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	extirpar
Personal	extirpar	extirpares	extirpar	extirparmos	extirpardes	extirparem
Gerund
	extirpando
Past participle
Masculine	extirpado			extirpados
Feminine	extirpada			extirpadas
Indicative
Present	extirpo	extirpas	extirpa	extirpamos	extirpais	extirpam
Imperfect	extirpava	extirpavas	extirpava	extirpávamos	extirpáveis	extirpavam
Preterite	extirpei	extirpaste	extirpou	extirpamos1, extirpámos2	extirpastes	extirparam
Pluperfect	extirpara	extirparas	extirpara	extirpáramos	extirpáreis	extirparam
Future	extirparei	extirparás	extirpará	extirparemos	extirpareis	extirparão
Conditional	extirparia	extirparias	extirparia	extirparíamos	extirparíeis	extirpariam
Subjunctive
Present	extirpe	extirpes	extirpe	extirpemos	extirpeis	extirpem
Imperfect	extirpasse	extirpasses	extirpasse	extirpássemos	extirpásseis	extirpassem
Future	extirpar	extirpares	extirpar	extirparmos	extirpardes	extirparem
Imperative
Affirmative		extirpa	extirpe	extirpemos	extirpai	extirpem
Negative (não)		não extirpes	não extirpe	não extirpemos	não extirpeis	não extirpem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• extirpação

Further reading

• “extirpar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “extirpar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin exstirpāre (“uproot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡstiɾˈpaɾ/ [eɣ̞s.t̪iɾˈpaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ex‧tir‧par

Verb

extirpar (first-person singular present extirpo, first-person singular preterite extirpé, past participle extirpado)

1. to uproot
2. to extirpate
3. to surgically remove

Conjugation

    Conjugation of extirpar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			extirpar
gerund			extirpando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		extirpado		extirpada
		plural		extirpados		extirpadas
		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	extirpo	extirpastú extirpásvos	extirpa	extirpamos	extirpáis	extirpan
	imperfect	extirpaba	extirpabas	extirpaba	extirpábamos	extirpabais	extirpaban
	preterite	extirpé	extirpaste	extirpó	extirpamos	extirpasteis	extirparon
	future	extirparé	extirparás	extirpará	extirparemos	extirparéis	extirparán
	conditional	extirparía	extirparías	extirparía	extirparíamos	extirparíais	extirparían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	extirpe	extirpestú extirpésvos2	extirpe	extirpemos	extirpéis	extirpen
	imperfect (ra)	extirpara	extirparas	extirpara	extirpáramos	extirparais	extirparan
	imperfect (se)	extirpase	extirpases	extirpase	extirpásemos	extirpaseis	extirpasen
	future1	extirpare	extirpares	extirpare	extirpáremos	extirpareis	extirparen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		extirpatú extirpávos	extirpe	extirpemos	extirpad	extirpen
	negative		no extirpes	no extirpe	no extirpemos	no extirpéis	no extirpen

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

    Selected combined forms of extirpar

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 extirpar	dative	extirparme	extirparte	extirparle, extirparse	extirparnos	extirparos	extirparles, extirparse
	accusative	extirparme	extirparte	extirparlo, extirparla, extirparse	extirparnos	extirparos	extirparlos, extirparlas, extirparse
with gerund extirpando	dative	extirpándome	extirpándote	extirpándole, extirpándose	extirpándonos	extirpándoos	extirpándoles, extirpándose
	accusative	extirpándome	extirpándote	extirpándolo, extirpándola, extirpándose	extirpándonos	extirpándoos	extirpándolos, extirpándolas, extirpándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative extirpa	dative	extírpame	extírpate	extírpale	extírpanos	not used	extírpales
	accusative	extírpame	extírpate	extírpalo, extírpala	extírpanos	not used	extírpalos, extírpalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative extirpá	dative	extirpame	extirpate	extirpale	extirpanos	not used	extirpales
	accusative	extirpame	extirpate	extirpalo, extirpala	extirpanos	not used	extirpalos, extirpalas
with formal second-person singular imperative extirpe	dative	extírpeme	not used	extírpele, extírpese	extírpenos	not used	extírpeles
	accusative	extírpeme	not used	extírpelo, extírpela, extírpese	extírpenos	not used	extírpelos, extírpelas
with first-person plural imperative extirpemos	dative	not used	extirpémoste	extirpémosle	extirpémonos	extirpémoos	extirpémosles
	accusative	not used	extirpémoste	extirpémoslo, extirpémosla	extirpémonos	extirpémoos	extirpémoslos, extirpémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative extirpad	dative	extirpadme	not used	extirpadle	extirpadnos	extirpaos	extirpadles
	accusative	extirpadme	not used	extirpadlo, extirpadla	extirpadnos	extirpaos	extirpadlos, extirpadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative extirpen	dative	extírpenme	not used	extírpenle	extírpennos	not used	extírpenles, extírpense
	accusative	extírpenme	not used	extírpenlo, extírpenla	extírpennos	not used	extírpenlos, extírpenlas, extírpense

Related terms

• extirpación

Further reading

• “extirpar”, 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