compurgar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin compurgāre. Cognate with Spanish compurgar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.puʁˈɡa(ʁ)/ [kõ.puɦˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.puʁˈɡa(ʁ)/ [kõ.puɦˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.puɾˈɡa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.puʁˈɡa(ʁ)/ [kõ.puʁˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.puɻˈɡa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.puɾˈɡaɾ/ [kõ.puɾˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.puɾˈɡaɾ/ [kõ.puɾˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.puɾˈɡa.ɾi/ [kõ.puɾˈɣa.ɾi]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʁ, (Portugal) -aɾ
• Hyphenation: com‧pur‧gar

Verb

compurgar (first-person singular present compurgo, first-person singular preterite compurguei, past participle compurgado)

1. (transitive) to purify through ordeal

Conjugation

    Conjugation of compurgar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	compurgar
Personal	compurgar	compurgares	compurgar	compurgarmos	compurgardes	compurgarem
Gerund
	compurgando
Past participle
Masculine	compurgado			compurgados
Feminine	compurgada			compurgadas
Indicative
Present	compurgo	compurgas	compurga	compurgamos	compurgais	compurgam
Imperfect	compurgava	compurgavas	compurgava	compurgávamos	compurgáveis	compurgavam
Preterite	compurguei	compurgaste	compurgou	compurgamos1, compurgámos2	compurgastes	compurgaram
Pluperfect	compurgara	compurgaras	compurgara	compurgáramos	compurgáreis	compurgaram
Future	compurgarei	compurgarás	compurgará	compurgaremos	compurgareis	compurgarão
Conditional	compurgaria	compurgarias	compurgaria	compurgaríamos	compurgaríeis	compurgariam
Subjunctive
Present	compurgue	compurgues	compurgue	compurguemos	compurgueis	compurguem
Imperfect	compurgasse	compurgasses	compurgasse	compurgássemos	compurgásseis	compurgassem
Future	compurgar	compurgares	compurgar	compurgarmos	compurgardes	compurgarem
Imperative
Affirmative		compurga	compurgue	compurguemos	compurgai	compurguem
Negative (não)		não compurgues	não compurgue	não compurguemos	não compurgueis	não compurguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• compurgado
• compurgação

Related terms

• compungimento
• compungir
• compungitivo
• compurgação
• compurgado
• computação
• computacional
• computado
• computador
• computadorização

Further reading

• “compurgar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “compurgar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “compurgar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin compurgāre. Cognate with Portuguese compurgar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kompuɾˈɡaɾ/ [kõm.puɾˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: com‧pur‧gar

Verb

compurgar (first-person singular present compurgo, first-person singular preterite compurgué, past participle compurgado)

1. (law) to purge

Conjugation

    Conjugation of compurgar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			compurgar
gerund			compurgando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		compurgado		compurgada
		plural		compurgados		compurgadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	compurgo	compurgastú compurgásvos	compurga	compurgamos	compurgáis	compurgan
	imperfect	compurgaba	compurgabas	compurgaba	compurgábamos	compurgabais	compurgaban
	preterite	compurgué	compurgaste	compurgó	compurgamos	compurgasteis	compurgaron
	future	compurgaré	compurgarás	compurgará	compurgaremos	compurgaréis	compurgarán
	conditional	compurgaría	compurgarías	compurgaría	compurgaríamos	compurgaríais	compurgarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	compurgue	compurguestú compurguésvos2	compurgue	compurguemos	compurguéis	compurguen
	imperfect (ra)	compurgara	compurgaras	compurgara	compurgáramos	compurgarais	compurgaran
	imperfect (se)	compurgase	compurgases	compurgase	compurgásemos	compurgaseis	compurgasen
	future1	compurgare	compurgares	compurgare	compurgáremos	compurgareis	compurgaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		compurgatú compurgávos	compurgue	compurguemos	compurgad	compurguen
	negative		no compurgues	no compurgue	no compurguemos	no compurguéis	no compurguen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of compurgar (g-gu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive compurgar	dative	compurgarme	compurgarte	compurgarle, compurgarse	compurgarnos	compurgaros	compurgarles, compurgarse
	accusative	compurgarme	compurgarte	compurgarlo, compurgarla, compurgarse	compurgarnos	compurgaros	compurgarlos, compurgarlas, compurgarse
with gerund compurgando	dative	compurgándome	compurgándote	compurgándole, compurgándose	compurgándonos	compurgándoos	compurgándoles, compurgándose
	accusative	compurgándome	compurgándote	compurgándolo, compurgándola, compurgándose	compurgándonos	compurgándoos	compurgándolos, compurgándolas, compurgándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative compurga	dative	compúrgame	compúrgate	compúrgale	compúrganos	not used	compúrgales
	accusative	compúrgame	compúrgate	compúrgalo, compúrgala	compúrganos	not used	compúrgalos, compúrgalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative compurgá	dative	compurgame	compurgate	compurgale	compurganos	not used	compurgales
	accusative	compurgame	compurgate	compurgalo, compurgala	compurganos	not used	compurgalos, compurgalas
with formal second-person singular imperative compurgue	dative	compúrgueme	not used	compúrguele, compúrguese	compúrguenos	not used	compúrgueles
	accusative	compúrgueme	not used	compúrguelo, compúrguela, compúrguese	compúrguenos	not used	compúrguelos, compúrguelas
with first-person plural imperative compurguemos	dative	not used	compurguémoste	compurguémosle	compurguémonos	compurguémoos	compurguémosles
	accusative	not used	compurguémoste	compurguémoslo, compurguémosla	compurguémonos	compurguémoos	compurguémoslos, compurguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative compurgad	dative	compurgadme	not used	compurgadle	compurgadnos	compurgaos	compurgadles
	accusative	compurgadme	not used	compurgadlo, compurgadla	compurgadnos	compurgaos	compurgadlos, compurgadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative compurguen	dative	compúrguenme	not used	compúrguenle	compúrguennos	not used	compúrguenles, compúrguense
	accusative	compúrguenme	not used	compúrguenlo, compúrguenla	compúrguennos	not used	compúrguenlos, compúrguenlas, compúrguense