expugnar
Spanish, verb/eɡspuɡˈnaɾ/
expugnar is spelled E-X-P-U-G-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written Spanish, the 331,538th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Expugnar is a Spanish verb meaning “to assault, storm, take by storm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tomar a fuerza de armas una ciudad, plaza, fortaleza, castillo, etc”.
What does expugnar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to assault, storm, take by storm
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tomar a fuerza de armas una ciudad, plaza, fortaleza, castillo, etc.
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 expugnar
- expugno first-person present singular
- expugné first-person preterite singular
- expugnado participle past
- expugnando gerund
- expugnada feminine participle past
- expugnados masculine participle past
- expugnadas feminine participle past
- expugnas indicative informal present
- expugnás indicative informal present
- expugna indicative present singular
- expugnamos first-person indicative plural
- expugnáis indicative plural present
- expugnan indicative plural present
- expugnaba first-person imperfect indicative
- expugnabas imperfect indicative second-person
- expugnábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- expugnabais imperfect indicative plural
- expugnaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce expugnar?
- /eɡspuɡˈnaɾ/
- [eɣ̞s.puɣ̞ˈnaɾ]
- [ekspuɣ̞ˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is expugnar in Spanish?
expugnar appears about once in every 93 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).