expedir

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *ped-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds

Proto-Italic *pets

Latin pēs, pedis

Proto-Indo-European *-yétider.

Latin -iō

Latin expedīrelbor.

Galician expedir

Learned borrowing from Latin expedīre (“to release, to disconnect, to expedite, to prepare, to carry out, to send out”).

Verb

expedir (first-person singular present expido, third-person singular present expide, first-person singular preterite expedín, past participle expedido)
expedir (first-person singular present expido or expeço, first-person singular preterite expedim or expedi, past participle expedido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to issue
2. to despatch / dispatch
3. to forward
4. to expedite

Conjugation

    Conjugation of expedir (e becomes i when stressed)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	expedir
Personal	expedir	expedires	expedir	expedirmos	expedirdes	expediren
Gerund
	expedindo
Past participle
Masculine	expedido			expedidos
Feminine	expedida			expedidas
Indicative
Present	expido	expides	expide	expedimos	expedides	expiden
Imperfect	expedía	expedías	expedía	expediamos	expediades	expedían
Preterite	expedín	expediches	expediu	expedimos	expedistes	expediron
Pluperfect	expedira	expediras	expedira	expediramos	expedirades	expediran
Future	expedirei	expedirás	expedirá	expediremos	expediredes	expedirán
Conditional	expediría	expedirías	expediría	expediriamos	expediriades	expedirían
Subjunctive
Present	expida	expidas	expida	expidamos	expidades	expidan
Imperfect	expedise	expedises	expedise	expedísemos	expedísedes	expedisen
Future	expedir	expedires	expedir	expedirmos	expedirdes	expediren
Imperative
Affirmative		expide	expida	expidamos	expedide	expidan
Negative (non)		non expidas	non expida	non expidamos	non expidades	non expidan

    Reintegrated conjugation of expedir (irregular) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	expedir
Personal	expedir	expedires	expedir	expedirmos	expedirdes	expedirem
Gerund
	expedindo
Past participle
Masculine	expedido			expedidos
Feminine	expedida			expedidas
Indicative
Present	expido, expeço	expedes	expede	expedimos	expedides, expedis	expedem
Imperfect	expedia	expedias	expedia	expedíamos	expedíades, expedíeis, expedíais1	expediam
Preterite	expedim, expedi	expediste, expediche1	expediu	expedimos	expedistes	expedírom, expediram
Pluperfect	expedira	expediras	expedira	expedíramos	expedírades, expedíreis, expedírais1	expediram
Future	expedirei	expedirás	expedirá	expediremos	expediredes, expedireis	expedirám, expedirão
Conditional	expediria	expedirias	expediria	expediríamos	expediríades, expediríeis, expediríais1	expediriam
Subjunctive
Present	expida, expeça	expidas, expeças	expida, expeça	expidamos, expeçamos	expidades, expeçais	expidam, expeçam
Imperfect	expedisse	expedisses	expedisse	expedíssemos	expedíssedes, expedísseis	expedissem
Future	expedir	expedires	expedir	expedirmos	expedirdes	expedirem
Imperative
Affirmative		expede	expida, expeça	expidamos, expeçamos	expedide, expedi	expidam, expeçam
Negative (nom)		nom expidas, nom expeças	nom expida, nom expeça	nom expidamos, nom expeçamos	nom expidades, nom expeçais	nom expidam, nom expeçam

¹Less recommended.

Further reading

• “expedir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “expedir”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɨˈdiɾ/ [(i)ʃ.pɨˈðiɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɨˈdiɾ/ [(i)ʃ.pɨˈðiɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɨˈdi.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ex‧pe‧dir

Verb

expedir (first-person singular present expeço, first-person singular preterite expedi, past participle expedido)

1. to issue
2. to despatch / dispatch
3. to forward
4. to expedite

Conjugation

    Conjugation of expedir (irregular) (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	expedir
Personal	expedir	expedires	expedir	expedirmos	expedirdes	expedirem
Gerund
	expedindo
Past participle
Masculine	expedido			expedidos
Feminine	expedida			expedidas
Indicative
Present	expeço	expedes	expede	expedimos	expedis	expedem
Imperfect	expedia	expedias	expedia	expedíamos	expedíeis	expediam
Preterite	expedi	expediste	expediu	expedimos	expedistes	expediram
Pluperfect	expedira	expediras	expedira	expedíramos	expedíreis	expediram
Future	expedirei	expedirás	expedirá	expediremos	expedireis	expedirão
Conditional	expediria	expedirias	expediria	expediríamos	expediríeis	expediriam
Subjunctive
Present	expeça	expeças	expeça	expeçamos	expeçais	expeçam
Imperfect	expedisse	expedisses	expedisse	expedíssemos	expedísseis	expedissem
Future	expedir	expedires	expedir	expedirmos	expedirdes	expedirem
Imperative
Affirmative		expede	expeça	expeçamos	expedi	expeçam
Negative (não)		não expeças	não expeça	não expeçamos	não expeçais	não expeçam

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *ped-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds

Proto-Italic *pets

Latin pēs, pedis

Proto-Indo-European *-yétider.

Latin -iō

Latin expedīrelbor.

Spanish expedir

Learned borrowing from Latin expedīre (“to release, to disconnect, to expedite, to prepare, to carry out, to send out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡspeˈdiɾ/ [eɣ̞s.peˈð̞iɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: ex‧pe‧dir

Verb

expedir (first-person singular present expido, first-person singular preterite expedí, past participle expedido)

1. (transitive) to issue, to publish (a document, etc)
2. (transitive) to send, to expedite

Conjugation

    Conjugation of expedir (e-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			expedir
gerund			expidiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		expedido		expedida
		plural		expedidos		expedidas
		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	expido	expidestú expedísvos	expide	expedimos	expedís	expiden
	imperfect	expedía	expedías	expedía	expedíamos	expedíais	expedían
	preterite	expedí	expediste	expidió	expedimos	expedisteis	expidieron
	future	expediré	expedirás	expedirá	expediremos	expediréis	expedirán
	conditional	expediría	expedirías	expediría	expediríamos	expediríais	expedirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	expida	expidastú expidásvos2	expida	expidamos	expidáis	expidan
	imperfect (ra)	expidiera	expidieras	expidiera	expidiéramos	expidierais	expidieran
	imperfect (se)	expidiese	expidieses	expidiese	expidiésemos	expidieseis	expidiesen
	future1	expidiere	expidieres	expidiere	expidiéremos	expidiereis	expidieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		expidetú expedívos	expida	expidamos	expedid	expidan
	negative		no expidas	no expida	no expidamos	no expidáis	no expidan

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

    Selected combined forms of expedir (e-i alternation)

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 expedir	dative	expedirme	expedirte	expedirle, expedirse	expedirnos	expediros	expedirles, expedirse
	accusative	expedirme	expedirte	expedirlo, expedirla, expedirse	expedirnos	expediros	expedirlos, expedirlas, expedirse
with gerund expidiendo	dative	expidiéndome	expidiéndote	expidiéndole, expidiéndose	expidiéndonos	expidiéndoos	expidiéndoles, expidiéndose
	accusative	expidiéndome	expidiéndote	expidiéndolo, expidiéndola, expidiéndose	expidiéndonos	expidiéndoos	expidiéndolos, expidiéndolas, expidiéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative expide	dative	expídeme	expídete	expídele	expídenos	not used	expídeles
	accusative	expídeme	expídete	expídelo, expídela	expídenos	not used	expídelos, expídelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative expedí	dative	expedime	expedite	expedile	expedinos	not used	expediles
	accusative	expedime	expedite	expedilo, expedila	expedinos	not used	expedilos, expedilas
with formal second-person singular imperative expida	dative	expídame	not used	expídale, expídase	expídanos	not used	expídales
	accusative	expídame	not used	expídalo, expídala, expídase	expídanos	not used	expídalos, expídalas
with first-person plural imperative expidamos	dative	not used	expidámoste	expidámosle	expidámonos	expidámoos	expidámosles
	accusative	not used	expidámoste	expidámoslo, expidámosla	expidámonos	expidámoos	expidámoslos, expidámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative expedid	dative	expedidme	not used	expedidle	expedidnos	expedíos	expedidles
	accusative	expedidme	not used	expedidlo, expedidla	expedidnos	expedíos	expedidlos, expedidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative expidan	dative	expídanme	not used	expídanle	expídannos	not used	expídanles, expídanse
	accusative	expídanme	not used	expídanlo, expídanla	expídannos	not used	expídanlos, expídanlas, expídanse

Further reading

• “expedir”, 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