# abusar vs apurar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### abusar
*verb · IPA /ɐ.bu.ˈzaɾ/ · frequency rank #15,488*
usar mal de

### apurar
*verb · frequency rank #11,390*
tornar puro; purificar; (por extensão) acrescentar e/ou suprimir características, de forma a melhorar:

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/abusar-vs-apurar