expurgar
Spanish, verb/eɡspuɾˈɡaɾ/
expurgar is spelled E-X-P-U-R-G-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written Spanish, the 224,790th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Expurgar is a Spanish verb meaning “to expurgate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does expurgar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to expurgate
- 2
to clean, to purify
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of expurgar
- expurgo first-person present singular
- expurgué first-person preterite singular
- expurgado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- expurgando gerund
- expurgada feminine participle past
- expurgados masculine participle past
- expurgadas feminine participle past
- expurgas indicative informal present
- expurgás indicative informal present
- expurga indicative present singular
- expurgamos first-person indicative plural
- expurgáis indicative plural present
- expurgan indicative plural present
- expurgaba first-person imperfect indicative
- expurgabas imperfect indicative second-person
- expurgábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- expurgabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce expurgar?
- /eɡspuɾˈɡaɾ/
- [eɣ̞s.puɾˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to expurgar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is expurgar in Spanish?
expurgar appears about once in every 40 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).