purgar

v.

1 to purge (also figurative).

Ella purga el líquido She purges the liquid.

El cura purga a Ricardo The priest purges Richard.

Ricardo purga la bomba de agua Richard purges the water pump.

2 to give a laxative, to purge.

Elsa purga a su hijo Elsa gives her son a laxative.

3 to flush out, to flush.

Ricardo purga la tubería Richard flushes out the pipes.

4 to serve.

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purgar

Conjugation model [LLEGAR], like {{link=llegar}}llegar

► verbo transitivo

1 to purge (de, of)

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1. VT

1) (Med) to purge, administer a purgative to

2) (Pol) (=depurar) to expel

purgar a los fascistas del partido — to purge the party of fascists, expel fascists from the party

3) (=limpiar de) [+ pecado] to purge, expiate; [+ delito] to pay for; [+ pasiones] to purge

purgar la religión de supersticiones — to purge o cleanse religion of superstition

4) (Mec) (=drenar) [+ depósito, tubería] to drain; [+ radiador] to bleed, drain; [+ frenos] to bleed

5) (=purificar) to purify, refine

2.

See:

purgarse

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) (Med) to purge

b) (Tec) <tubería/depósito> to drain; <frenos> to bleed

c) (Pol) to purge

2) <pecados> to purge, expiate

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= purge, cleanse.

Ex. The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.

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

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) (Med) to purge

b) (Tec) <tubería/depósito> to drain; <frenos> to bleed

c) (Pol) to purge

2) <pecados> to purge, expiate

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= purge, cleanse.

Ex: The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.

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

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purgar [A3 ]

vt

A

1 (Med) to purge

2 (Tec) ‹tubería/depósito› to drain; ‹frenos› to bleed

3 (Pol) to purge

B ‹pecados› to purge, expiate

■ purgarse

v pron

to purge one's bowels

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purgar verbo transitivo
1 Med to purge
2 Pol to purge
3 fig (los pecados, los delitos, etc) to pay for, expiate
'purgar' also found in these entries:
English:
purge
- bleed

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purgar

♦ vt

1. Med to purge

2. [radiador, tubería] to drain

3. [condena] to serve

4. [depurar] to purge

♦ See also the pronominal verb purgarse

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purgar

v/t MED, POL purge

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purgar {52} vt

1) : to purge, to cleanse

2) : to liquidate (in politics)

3) : to give a laxative to

♦ See also the reflexive verb purgarse