propugnar
Spanish, verb/pɾopuɡˈnaɾ/
propugnar is spelled P-R-O-P-U-G-N-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 100,441st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Propugnar is a Spanish verb meaning “to fight for, advocate, stand up for, defend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Luchar por una causa”.
What does propugnar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fight for, advocate, stand up for, defend
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Luchar por una causa.
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 propugnar
- propugno first-person present singular
- propugné first-person preterite singular
- propugnado participle past
- propugnando gerund
- propugnada feminine participle past
- propugnados masculine participle past
- propugnadas feminine participle past
- propugnas indicative informal present
- propugnás indicative informal present
- propugna indicative present singular
- propugnamos first-person indicative plural
- propugnáis indicative plural present
- propugnan indicative plural present
- propugnaba first-person imperfect indicative
- propugnabas imperfect indicative second-person
- propugnábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- propugnabais imperfect indicative plural
- propugnaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce propugnar?
- /pɾopuɡˈnaɾ/
- [pɾo.puɣ̞ˈnaɾ]
- [pɾopuɣ̞ˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to propugnar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is propugnar in Spanish?
propugnar appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).