Polyglot Dictionary

purificar

/puɾifiˈkaɾ/

verb B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
purifico
preterite (yo)
purifiqué
past participle
purificado

Meaning

  1. to purify

    • Purifican el agua.

      They purify the water.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

depurar

purificar is the general word "to purify," like water, air or spiritually; depurar leans more toward refining or cleaning up, like a system, data, or a political purge.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

depurar

depurar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to purify."

Portuguese

purificar

purificar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to purify."

Practice

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