repello

Italian

Verb

repello

1. first-person singular present indicative of repellere

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ pellō (“push, drive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛˈpɛl.loː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [reˈpɛl.lo]

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		repellere			repellī			repellēns			—
future		repulsūrum esse			repulsum īrī			repulsūrus			repellendus, repellundus
perfect		reppulisse			repulsum esse			—			repulsus
future perfect		—			repulsum fore			—			—
perfect potential		repulsūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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, 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): /reˈpeʝo/ [reˈpe.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /reˈpeʎo/ [reˈpe.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /reˈpeʃo/ [reˈpe.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /reˈpeʒo/ [reˈpe.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -eʝo

• Rhymes: -eʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -eʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -eʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: re‧pe‧llo

Noun

repello m (plural repellos)

1. plastering (of a building)

Further reading

• “repello”, 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