purgar
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin purgāre (“to purge; to clean”), from pūrus (“clean, pure”) + agō (“to make”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: pur‧gar
Verb edit
purgar (first-person singular present purgo, first-person singular preterite purguei, past participle purgado)
- to purge (clean thoroughly; cleanse; rid of impurities)
- (religion) to purge (free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds)
- (medicine) to give laxatives
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of purgar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Synonyms edit
- (to clean): See Thesaurus:limpar
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "to clean"): See Thesaurus:limpar
Related terms edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
pȕrgar m (Cyrillic spelling пу̏ргар)
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin purgāre (“to purge; to clean”), from pūrus (“clean, pure”) + agō (“to make”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
purgar (first-person singular present purgo, first-person singular preterite purgué, past participle purgado)
- (transitive) to purge
- (religion, transitive) to purge
- Synonym: expiar
- 1898, Benito Pérez Galdós, De Oñate a la Granja, Chapter I:
- ha venido usted a purgar el pecado de meterse a redentor
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive) to drain
- (transitive) to bleed (to remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids)
- purgar el radiador
- drain the radiator
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of purgar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | purgar | ||||||
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gerund | purgando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | purgado | purgada | |||||
plural | purgados | purgadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | purgo | purgastú purgásvos |
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 vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | purgue | purguestú purguésvos2 |
purgue | purguemos | purguéis | purguen | |
imperfect (ra) |
purgara | purgaras | purgara | purgáramos | purgarais | purgaran | |
imperfect (se) |
purgase | purgases | purgase | purgásemos | purgaseis | purgasen | |
future1 | purgare | purgares | purgare | purgáremos | purgareis | purgaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | purgatú purgávos |
purgue | purguemos | purgad | purguen | ||
negative | no purgues | no purgue | no purguemos | no purguéis | no purguen |
Selected combined forms of purgar (g-gu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “purgar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014