excluir
/e(ɡ)sˈklwiɾ/ · B2 · verb
to exclude
🚫 ex-clu-ir: ex = out + clu = close → close the door on it, keep it out
Comes from Latin excludere: ex (out) + claudere (to shut). To excluir is to shut something out. Same root as English exclude and close, so the Spanish verb maps directly onto the English one.