impugnar
Spanish, verb/impuɡˈnaɾ/
impugnar is spelled I-M-P-U-G-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,551st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impugnar is a Spanish verb meaning “to contest, fight, oppose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Contraponerse a algo y rebatirlo mediante argumentos razonables”.
What does impugnar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to contest, fight, oppose
impugnar la decisión
- 2
to contest
impugnar el veredicto
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Contraponerse a algo y rebatirlo mediante argumentos razonables. 2. Rechazar, no aceptar o solicitar la anulación de una decisión por juzgarla falsa, ilegal o injusta.
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 impugnar
- impugno first-person present singular
- impugné first-person preterite singular
- impugnado participle past
- impugnando gerund
- impugnada feminine participle past
- impugnados masculine participle past
- impugnadas feminine participle past
- impugnas indicative informal present
- impugnás indicative informal present
- impugna indicative present singular
- impugnamos first-person indicative plural
- impugnáis indicative plural present
- impugnan indicative plural present
- impugnaba first-person imperfect indicative
- impugnabas imperfect indicative second-person
- impugnábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- impugnabais imperfect indicative plural
- impugnaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impugnar?
- /impuɡˈnaɾ/
- [ĩm.puɣ̞ˈnaɾ]
- [ĩmpuɣ̞ˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to impugnar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is impugnar in Spanish?
impugnar appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).