Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French épurer (purify).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /e.puˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: e‧pu‧rà‧re

Verb edit

epuràre (first-person singular present epùro, first-person singular past historic epurài, past participle epuràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to purify
  2. (transitive) to prune, to cull (an administration, office, company)
  3. (transitive) to expurgate (a book)
  4. (transitive) to purge (someone) (from an organization)

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • epurare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams edit

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

From epura +‎ -re.

Noun edit

epurare f (plural epurări)

  1. purge

Declension edit