propugnar
Portuguese, verb/pɾo.puɡˈna(ʁ)/
propugnar is spelled P-R-O-P-U-G-N-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese, the 255,764th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Propugnar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to fight for, advocate, stand up for, defend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “propor; defender (ideia, conceito, etc)”.
What does propugnar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fight for, advocate, stand up for, defend
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. propor; defender (ideia, conceito, etc)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of propugnar
- propugno first-person present singular
- propugnei first-person preterite singular
- propugnado participle past
- propugnares infinitive second-person singular
- propugnarmos first-person infinitive plural
- propugnardes infinitive plural second-person
- propugnarem infinitive plural third-person
- propugnando gerund
- propugnados masculine participle past
- propugnada feminine participle past
- propugnadas feminine participle past
- propugnas indicative present second-person
- propugna indicative present singular
- propugnamos first-person indicative plural
- propugnais indicative plural present
- propugnam indicative plural present
- propugnava first-person imperfect indicative
- propugnavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce propugnar?
- Brazil /pɾo.puɡˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pɾo.puɡˈna(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is propugnar in Portuguese?
propugnar appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).