repello

Italian

Verb

repello

1. first-person singular present indicative of repellere

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ pellō (“push, drive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈpel.loː/, [rɛˈpɛlːʲoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈpel.lo/, [reˈpɛlːo]

Verb

repellō (present infinitive repellere, perfect active reppulī, supine repulsum); third conjugation

1. to drive, push or thrust back or away; reject, repulse, repel
2. (figuratively) to drive away, reject, remove, discard; keep off, hold back, ward off, repulse
3. (figuratively) to reject, refuse, refute, confute, repel

Conjugation

Conjugation of repellō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	repellō	repellis	repellit	repellimus	repellitis	repellunt
	imperfect	repellēbam	repellēbās	repellēbat	repellēbāmus	repellēbātis	repellēbant
	future	repellam	repellēs	repellet	repellēmus	repellētis	repellent
	perfect	reppulī	reppulistī	reppulit	reppulimus	reppulistis	reppulērunt, reppulēre
	pluperfect	reppuleram	reppulerās	reppulerat	reppulerāmus	reppulerātis	reppulerant
	future perfect	reppulerō	reppuleris	reppulerit	reppulerimus	reppuleritis	reppulerint
passive	present	repellor	repelleris, repellere	repellitur	repellimur	repelliminī	repelluntur
	imperfect	repellēbar	repellēbāris, repellēbāre	repellēbātur	repellēbāmur	repellēbāminī	repellēbantur
	future	repellar	repellēris, repellēre	repellētur	repellēmur	repellēminī	repellentur
	perfect	repulsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	repulsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	repulsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	repellam	repellās	repellat	repellāmus	repellātis	repellant
	imperfect	repellerem	repellerēs	repelleret	repellerēmus	repellerētis	repellerent
	perfect	reppulerim	reppulerīs	reppulerit	reppulerīmus	reppulerītis	reppulerint
	pluperfect	reppulissem	reppulissēs	reppulisset	reppulissēmus	reppulissētis	reppulissent
passive	present	repellar	repellāris, repellāre	repellātur	repellāmur	repellāminī	repellantur
	imperfect	repellerer	repellerēris, repellerēre	repellerētur	repellerēmur	repellerēminī	repellerentur
	perfect	repulsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	repulsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	repelle	—	—	repellite	—
	future	—	repellitō	repellitō	—	repellitōte	repelluntō
passive	present	—	repellere	—	—	repelliminī	—
	future	—	repellitor	repellitor	—	—	repelluntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		repellere	reppulisse	repulsūrum esse	repellī	repulsum esse	repulsum īrī
participles		repellēns	—	repulsūrus	—	repulsus	repellendus, repellundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		repellendī	repellendō	repellendum	repellendō	repulsum	repulsū

Derived terms

• repellēns
• repulsa
• repulsiō
• repulsō
• repulsor
• repulsōrius
• repulsus

Related terms

• appellō
• aspellō
• compellō
• dēpellō
• dispellō
• expellō
• impellō
• interpellō
• pellō
• perpellō
• prōpellō

Descendants

• Catalan: repel·lir
• English: repel, repeal (via Old French)
• Galician: repeler
• Italian: repellere
• Portuguese: repelir
• Spanish: repeler, repulsar

References

• “repello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “repello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• repello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to repel an injury: iniurias defendere, repellere, propulsare
    
  • to repulse an attack: repellere, propulsare hostem
    

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /reˈpeʝo/ [reˈpe.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /reˈpeʝo/ [reˈpe.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /reˈpeʎo/ [reˈpe.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /reˈpeʃo/ [reˈpe.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /reˈpeʒo/ [reˈpe.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -eʝo

• Rhymes: -eʝo
• Rhymes: -eʎo
• Rhymes: -eʃo
• Rhymes: -eʒo

• Syllabification: re‧pe‧llo

Noun

repello m (plural repellos)

1. plastering (of a building)

Further reading

• “repello”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014