expulsaba

Expulsaba is a form of the Spanish verb expulsar. It is the pretérito imperfecto de indicativo (imperfect indicative) for the first-person singular yo expulsaba and the third-person singular él/ella/usted expulsaba, using the regular -aba ending characteristic of the -ar verb conjugation. The base meaning of expulsar involves sacar, echar out, or removing someone or something from a place, as well as expelling air or gases.

In usage, expulsaba expresses actions in the past that were habitual, repeated, or ongoing, or it provides background description in a narrative. It often governs a direct object that names the person or thing expelled: por ejemplo, expulsaba a los intrusos del edificio. It can also refer to past expulsions from institutions or jurisdictions: el comité expulsaba al miembro infractor.

Compared with the pretérito perfecto simple expulsó, which marks a completed past action, expulsaba emphasizes duration or repetition rather than a single point in time. The verb sustains various senses of expelling, including removal from a location, exclusion from an organization, or the act of pushing something outward (as in expulsar aire).

Related forms include expulsado, the past participle (expulsado/expulsada), and expulsión, the most common noun for the act of expelling. Less common are expulsamiento or expulsante as specialized or less frequent variants. The meaning and usage of expulsaba depend on context, but it generally conveys past, ongoing, or habitual removal or exclusion in Spanish.