purgar
Spanish, verb/puɾˈɡaɾ/
purgar is spelled P-U-R-G-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 41,788th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Purgar is a Spanish verb meaning “to purge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Limpiar, purificar una cosa, quitándole todo cuanto la puede hacer imperfecta o no le conviene”.
What does purgar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to purge
- 2
to purge
purgar sus delitos
- 3
to drain
- 4
to bleed (to remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids)
purgar el radiador
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Limpiar, purificar una cosa, quitándole todo cuanto la puede hacer imperfecta o no le conviene. 2. Eliminar el aire que haya entrado en las cañerías o tuberías, en especial de la calefacción, utilizando para ello los purgadores de los radiadores. 3. Satisfacer con una pena parte o todo lo que uno merecía por su culpa o delito. 4. Padecer el alma las penas del purgatorio para purificarse de las reliquias del pecado y poder entrar en el cielo.
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 purgar
- purgo first-person present singular
- purgué first-person preterite singular
- purgado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- purgando gerund
- purgada feminine participle past
- purgados masculine participle past
- purgadas feminine participle past
- purgas indicative informal present
- purgás indicative informal present
- purga indicative present singular
- purgamos first-person indicative plural
- purgáis indicative plural present
- purgan indicative plural present
- purgaba first-person imperfect indicative
- purgabas imperfect indicative second-person
- purgábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- purgabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce purgar?
- /puɾˈɡaɾ/
- [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 purgar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is purgar in Spanish?
purgar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).