depurar

v.

1 to purify (agua, metal, gas).

El carbón depura el agua Carbon purifies the water.

2 to debug, to depurate, to iron out, to make perfect.

El genio depuró el sistema The genius debugged the system.

3 to cleanse.

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depurar

► verbo transitivo

1 (purificar agua) to purify, depurate; (sangre) to cleanse

2 PLÍTICA to purge

3 figurado (perfeccionar) to purify, refine

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VT

1) (=purificar) [+ agua] to treat, purify; [+ aguas residuales] to treat; [+ sangre] to cleanse

2) (Pol) to purge

3) (Inform) to debug

4) Caribe * [+ empleado] to fire *

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) <agua> to purify, treat; <aguas residuales> to treat

b) <sangre> to cleanse

2)

a) <organización/partido> to purge

b) <lenguaje/estilo> to polish, refine

c) (Inf) to debug

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= prune, refine, sanitise [sanitize, -USA], knock + the rough edges off, debug, purify, cleanse.

Ex. More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.

Ex. The flush of success with AACR1 gave the code compilers and cataloguers the confidence to criticise the new code with the object of further refining it.

Ex. Attempts to sanitize the web will be as futile as any attempt to sanitize the private speech of all citizens.

Ex. Ellyse has slowly solidified her game by knocking the rough edges off and by opening her mind up to what's required and what's available.

Ex. In computer science, debug is the term used to locate and remove errors from a program.

Ex. Scientists have identified a new technique for cleansing contaminated water and potentially purifying hydrogen for use in fuel cells.

Ex. Librarians were terrorised and their collections cleansed of ideologically harmful works.

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* depurar un fichero = clean up + file.

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) <agua> to purify, treat; <aguas residuales> to treat

b) <sangre> to cleanse

2)

a) <organización/partido> to purge

b) <lenguaje/estilo> to polish, refine

c) (Inf) to debug

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= prune, refine, sanitise [sanitize, -USA], knock + the rough edges off, debug, purify, cleanse.

Ex: More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.

Ex: The flush of success with AACR1 gave the code compilers and cataloguers the confidence to criticise the new code with the object of further refining it.

Ex: Attempts to sanitize the web will be as futile as any attempt to sanitize the private speech of all citizens.

Ex: Ellyse has slowly solidified her game by knocking the rough edges off and by opening her mind up to what's required and what's available.

Ex: In computer science, debug is the term used to locate and remove errors from a program.

Ex: Scientists have identified a new technique for cleansing contaminated water and potentially purifying hydrogen for use in fuel cells.

Ex: Librarians were terrorised and their collections cleansed of ideologically harmful works.

* depurar un fichero = clean up + file.

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depurar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹agua› to purify, treat; ‹aguas residuales› to treat

2 ‹sangre› to cleanse

B

1 ‹organización/partido› to purge

2 ‹lenguaje› to polish, refine

3 (Inf) to debug

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depurar (conjugate depurar) verbo transitivo
1

a) ‹agua› to purify, treat;

‹aguas residuales› to treat

b) ‹sangre› to cleanse

2

a) ‹organización/partido› to purge

b) ‹lenguaje/estilo› to polish, refine

depurar verbo transitivo
1 (limpiar un líquido, agua) to purify
2 (un partido, una empresa) to purge
3 (el estilo, vocabulario, etc) to refine
'depurar' also found in these entries:
English:
debug
- purify

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depurar vt

1. [agua] [de río] to purify, to treat;

[de piscina] to filter

2. [metal, gas] to purify

3. [partido, organismo] to purge

4. [estilo, gusto] to refine;

[lenguaje, técnica] to hone; [sistema] to fine-tune

5. Informát to debug

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depurar

v/t

1 purify

2 POL purge

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depurar vt

1) purificar: to purify

2) purgar: to purge