purga
Portuguese, noun/ˈpuʁ.ɡɐ/
purga is spelled P-U-R-G-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,034th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Purga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “purge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of purgar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “preparação farmacêutica ou qualquer outra substância que faz purgar”.
What does purga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepurge
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. preparação farmacêutica ou qualquer outra substância que faz purgar 2. nome de várias plantas medicinais 3. eliminação de indivíduos indesejáveis ou da facção rival numa disputa política
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 purga
- purgas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce purga?
- Brazil /ˈpuʁ.ɡɐ/
- Brazil [ˈpuɦ.ɡɐ]
- /ˈpuɾ.ɡɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to purga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is purga in Portuguese?
purga appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).