exalar

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin exhālāre (“to breath out”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.zaˈla(ʁ)/ [e.zaˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.zaˈla(ʁ)/ [e.zaˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /e.zaˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.zaˈla(ʁ)/ [e.zaˈla(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.zaˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.zɐˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.zɐˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.zɐˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: e‧xa‧lar

Verb

exalar (first-person singular present exalo, first-person singular preterite exalei, past participle exalado)

1. (transitive, sometimes takes a reflexive pronoun) to give off a smell

   Synonyms: emanar, emitir, soltar

   Essa flor exala um forte aroma.

   This flower gives off a strong aroma.

2. (figurative, transitive) to ooze; to exude (to display an emotion blatantly)

   Synonym: exuberar

   Ela exalava alegria o dia inteiro.

   She was oozing joy the whole day.

3. (figurative, transitive) to let out an audible expression (such as a sigh, complaint, shout or snore)

   Synonyms: dar, soltar

4. (chiefly in translated works, intransitive) to exhale (to breathe out)

   Synonym: expirar

5. (chiefly in translated works, transitive) to exhale (to expel from the lungs)

   Synonym: soltar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of exalar (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	exalar
Personal	exalar	exalares	exalar	exalarmos	exalardes	exalarem
Gerund
	exalando
Past participle
Masculine	exalado			exalados
Feminine	exalada			exaladas
Indicative
Present	exalo	exalas	exala	exalamos	exalais	exalam
Imperfect	exalava	exalavas	exalava	exalávamos	exaláveis	exalavam
Preterite	exalei	exalaste	exalou	exalamos1, exalámos2	exalastes	exalaram
Pluperfect	exalara	exalaras	exalara	exaláramos	exaláreis	exalaram
Future	exalarei	exalarás	exalará	exalaremos	exalareis	exalarão
Conditional	exalaria	exalarias	exalaria	exalaríamos	exalaríeis	exalariam
Subjunctive
Present	exale	exales	exale	exalemos	exaleis	exalem
Imperfect	exalasse	exalasses	exalasse	exalássemos	exalásseis	exalassem
Future	exalar	exalares	exalar	exalarmos	exalardes	exalarem
Imperative
Affirmative		exala	exale	exalemos	exalai	exalem
Negative (não)		não exales	não exale	não exalemos	não exaleis	não exalem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Alternative forms

• exhalar (obsolete)

Antonyms

• inalar
• inspirar

Further reading

• “exalar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.