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repugnar

Spanish, verb/repuɡˈnaɾ/

repugnar is spelled R-E-P-U-G-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written Spanish, the 282,928th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Repugnar is a Spanish verb meaning “to disgust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Producir fuerte repugnancia, rechazo, aversión o asco”.

What does repugnar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to disgust

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Producir fuerte repugnancia, rechazo, aversión o asco.

verb: 1. Rehusar, hacer una cosa de mala gana o aceptarla con dificultad. 2. No poderse conciliar, unir y concertar dos cosas o cualidades; Contradecirse dos cosas entre sí. 3. Contradecir o negar algo.

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 repugnar

  • repugno first-person present singular
  • repugné first-person preterite singular
  • repugnado participle past
  • repugnando gerund
  • repugnada feminine participle past
  • repugnados masculine participle past
  • repugnadas feminine participle past
  • repugnas indicative informal present
  • repugnás indicative informal present
  • repugna indicative present singular
  • repugnamos first-person indicative plural
  • repugnáis indicative plural present
  • repugnan indicative plural present
  • repugnaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • repugnabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • repugnábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • repugnabais imperfect indicative plural
  • repugnaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce repugnar?

  • /repuɡˈnaɾ/
  • [re.puɣ̞ˈnaɾ]
  • [repuɣ̞ˈnaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to repugnar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is repugnar in Spanish?

repugnar appears about once in every 66 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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