expurgar

/ekspuɾˈɣaɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

present (yo)
expurgo
preterite (yo)
expurgué
past participle
expurgado

Meaning

  1. to purge

    • Expurgaron el texto.

      They expurgated the text.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: action. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: durative. Transitivity: transitive.

Similar words

purgar

expurgar specifically means to expurgate, removing offensive or objectionable parts from a text; purgar is more general, "to purge," to cleanse or eliminate.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

expurgar

expurgar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to purge."

Portuguese

purgar

purgar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to purge."

Practice

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