excluir

to exclude

verb eks-kloo-EER Less Common

Also means

to rule out

Usage Note

Excluir is a class-III verb (-uir), so it inserts a y in several forms: excluyo, excluyes, excluye, excluyen. It means to leave out of a group, process, or consideration. The noun is exclusión; the adjective excluyente ('exclusionary') appears often in social justice discourse in Latin America.

Examples

"No se puede excluir a nadie del proceso."

Natural Translation

No one can be excluded from the process.

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