purgar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin purgāre, present active infinitive of purgō (“I purge; I clean”), from pūrus (“clean, pure”) + agō (“I make”).

Pronunciation

• (Paulista) IPA: /puɹ.ˈga(ɹ)/
• (South Brazil) IPA: /puɻ.ˈga(ɻ)/
• Hyphenation: pur‧gar

Verb

purgar (first-person singular present indicative purgo, past participle purgado)

1. to purge (to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities)
2. (religion) to purge (to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds)
3. (medicine) to give laxatives

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb purgar

Notes:

• This is a regular verb of the -ar group.
• The last letter g is changed to gu, depending on the following vowel, resulting in these three possible sequences: -ga-, -gue- and -go-.
• Verbs with this conjugation include: apagar, cegar, esmagar, largar, navegar, resmungar, sugar.

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	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele/ela/você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	purgar
Personal	purgar	purgares	purgar	purgarmos	purgardes	purgarem
Gerund
	purgando
Past participle
Masculine	purgado			purgados
Feminine	purgada			purgadas
Indicative
Present	purgo	purgas	purga	purgamos	purgais	purgam
Imperfect	purgava	purgavas	purgava	purgávamos	purgáveis	purgavam
Preterite	purguei	purgaste	purgou	purgamos purgámos	purgastes	purgaram
Pluperfect	purgara	purgaras	purgara	purgáramos	purgáreis	purgaram
Future	purgarei	purgarás	purgará	purgaremos	purgareis	purgarão
Conditional	purgaria	purgarias	purgaria	purgaríamos	purgaríeis	purgariam
Subjunctive
Present	purgue	purgues	purgue	purguemos	purgueis	purguem
Imperfect	purgasse	purgasses	purgasse	purgássemos	purgásseis	purgassem
Future	purgar	purgares	purgar	purgarmos	purgardes	purgarem
Imperative
Affirmative	purgue	purga	purgue	purguemos	purgai	purguem
Negative (não)	purgue	purgues	purgue	purguemos	purgueis	purguem

Synonyms

• (to clean): See Wikisaurus:limpar
• (to free from sin or guilt): absolver, redimir, remir

Antonyms

• (to clean): See Wikisaurus:limpar

Related terms

purga purgação purgado purgador

purgante purgatina purgativa

purgativo purgatorial purgatório

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• purger

Etymology

From German Bürger

Noun

pȕrgar m (Cyrillic spelling пургар)

1. burgher
2. a citizen of Zagreb

Related terms

• građanin

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Spanish

Etymology

Latin purgāre.

Verb

purgar (first-person singular present purgo, first-person singular preterite purgué, past participle purgado)

1. to purge
2. to drain

Conjugation

    Conjugation of purgar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

Rule: g becomes a gu before e.

infinitive			purgar
gerund			purgando
past participle			purgado
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	purgo	purgas	purga	purgamos	purgáis	purgan
	imperfect	purgaba	purgabas	purgaba	purgábamos	purgabais	purgaban
	preterite	purgué	purgaste	purgó	purgamos	purgasteis	purgaron
	future	purgaré	purgarás	purgará	purgaremos	purgaréis	purgarán
	conditional	purgaría	purgarías	purgaría	purgaríamos	purgaríais	purgarían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	purgue	purgues	purgue	purguemos	purguéis	purguen
	imperfect (ra)	purgara	purgaras	purgara	purgáramos	purgarais	purgaran
	imperfect (se)	purgase	purgases	purgase	purgásemos	purgaseis	purgasen
	future	purgare	purgares	purgare	purgáremos	purgareis	purgaren
imperative		—	tú	usted	nosotros	vosotros	ustedes
	affirmative		purga	purgue	purguemos	purgad	purguen
	negative		no purgues	no purgue	no purguemos	no purguéis	no purguen

Other verbs with this conjugation:

[+] Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation -gar)