espellir

== Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin expellere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir. Doublet of expel·lir, a learned borrowing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əs.pəˈʎi] IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.peˈʎiɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [es.peˈʎi] === Verb === espellir (first-person singular present espelleixo, first-person singular preterite espellí, past participle espellit) (intransitive) to open (of flowers) (pronominal) to bloom ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== descloure's === Further reading === “espellir”, 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 “espellir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “espellir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “espellir”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)