exfoliar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Late Latin exfoliāre (“to strip of leaves”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central) [əks.fu.liˈa]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [əks.fo.liˈa]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [eks.fo.liˈaɾ]
=== Verb ===
exfoliar (first-person singular present exfolio, first-person singular preterite exfolií, past participle exfoliat)
(transitive, reflexive) to split into scales or sheets
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“exfoliar”, 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
== Portuguese ==
=== Verb ===
exfoliar (first-person singular present exfolio, first-person singular preterite exfoliei, past participle exfoliado)
alternative spelling of esfoliar
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“exfoliar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“exfoliar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Late Latin exfoliāre (“to strip of leaves”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /eɡsfoˈljaɾ/ [eɣ̞s.foˈljaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ex‧fo‧liar
=== Verb ===
exfoliar (first-person singular present exfolio, first-person singular preterite exfolié, past participle exfoliado)
(transitive) to exfoliate
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“exfoliar”, 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