Polyglot Dictionary

purgar

/puɾˈɣaɾ/

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

Forms

present (yo)
purgo
preterite (yo)
purgué
past participle
purgado

Meaning

  1. to purge

    • Purgaron el sistema.

      They purged the system.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

expurgar

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

1 What does purgar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches purgar?

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