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absterger

Spanish, verb/absteɾˈxeɾ/

absterger is a Spanish verb meaning “to cleanse, to purge, to absterge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Limpiar una herida u otra abertura en una superficie orgánica”.

What does absterger mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to cleanse, to purge, to absterge

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Limpiar una herida u otra abertura en una superficie orgánica

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of absterger

  • absterjo first-person present singular
  • abstergí first-person preterite singular
  • abstergido participle past
  • g-j alternation
  • abstergiendo gerund
  • abstergida feminine participle past
  • abstergidos masculine participle past
  • abstergidas feminine participle past
  • absterges indicative informal present
  • abstergés indicative informal present
  • absterge indicative present singular
  • abstergemos first-person indicative plural
  • abstergéis indicative plural present
  • abstergen indicative plural present
  • abstergía first-person imperfect indicative
  • abstergías imperfect indicative second-person
  • abstergíamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • abstergíais imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce absterger?

  • /absteɾˈxeɾ/
  • [aβ̞s.t̪eɾˈxeɾ]
  • [aβ̞st̪eɾˈxeɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.