depurar

depurar

Catalan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin dēpūrāre, present active infinitive of dēpūrō, from pūrus (“pure”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /də.puˈɾa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /de.puˈɾaɾ/
• Homophone: depurà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

depurar (first-person singular present depuro, past participle depurat)

1. (transitive) to purify, to purge
2. (transitive, computing) to debug

   Synonym: desbrossar

3. (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to purify

   Synonym: apurar

Conjugation

Conjugation of depurar (first conjugation)

infinitive			depurar
present participle			depurant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		depurat		depurada
		plural		depurats		depurades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	depuro	depures	depura	depurem	depureu	depuren
	imperfect	depurava	depuraves	depurava	depuràvem	depuràveu	depuraven
	future	depuraré	depuraràs	depurarà	depurarem	depurareu	depuraran
	preterite	depurí	depurares	depurà	depuràrem	depuràreu	depuraren
	conditional	depuraria	depuraries	depuraria	depuraríem	depuraríeu	depurarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	depuri	depuris	depuri	depurem	depureu	depurin
	imperfect	depurés	depuressis	depurés	depuréssim	depuréssiu	depuressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	depura	depuri	depurem	depureu	depurin

Derived terms

• depuració
• depuradora
• depuratiu

Further reading

• “depurar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dēpūrāre, from pūrus (“pure”).

Verb

depurar (first-person singular present depuro, first-person singular preterite depurei, past participle depurado)

1. to purify, cleanse
2. (Brazil, computing) to debug

Conjugation

    Conjugation of depurar (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	depurar
Personal	depurar	depurares	depurar	depurarmos	depurardes	depurarem
Gerund
	depurando
Past participle
Masculine	depurado			depurados
Feminine	depurada			depuradas
Indicative
Present	depuro	depuras	depura	depuramos	depurais	depuram
Imperfect	depurava	depuravas	depurava	depurávamos	depuráveis	depuravam
Preterite	depurei	depuraste	depurou	depuramos1, depurámos2	depurastes	depuraram
Pluperfect	depurara	depuraras	depurara	depuráramos	depuráreis	depuraram
Future	depurarei	depurarás	depurará	depuraremos	depurareis	depurarão
Conditional
	depuraria	depurarias	depuraria	depuraríamos	depuraríeis	depurariam
Subjunctive
Present	depure	depures	depure	depuremos	depureis	depurem
Imperfect	depurasse	depurasses	depurasse	depurássemos	depurásseis	depurassem
Future	depurar	depurares	depurar	depurarmos	depurardes	depurarem
Imperative
Affirmative		depura	depure	depuremos	depurai	depurem
Negative (não)		não depures	não depure	não depuremos	não depureis	não depurem

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin dēpūrāre, present active infinitive of dēpūrō, from pūrus (“pure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /depuˈɾaɾ/ [d̪e.puˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧pu‧rar

Verb

depurar (first-person singular present depuro, first-person singular preterite depuré, past participle depurado)

1. (transitive) to purify

   Synonym: purificar

2. (computing) to debug

Conjugation

    Conjugation of depurar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			depurar
gerund			depurando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		depurado		depurada
		plural		depurados		depuradas
		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	depuro	depurastú depurásvos	depura	depuramos	depuráis	depuran
	imperfect	depuraba	depurabas	depuraba	depurábamos	depurabais	depuraban
	preterite	depuré	depuraste	depuró	depuramos	depurasteis	depuraron
	future	depuraré	depurarás	depurará	depuraremos	depuraréis	depurarán
	conditional	depuraría	depurarías	depuraría	depuraríamos	depuraríais	depurarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	depure	depurestú depurésvos2	depure	depuremos	depuréis	depuren
	imperfect (ra)	depurara	depuraras	depurara	depuráramos	depurarais	depuraran
	imperfect (se)	depurase	depurases	depurase	depurásemos	depuraseis	depurasen
	future1	depurare	depurares	depurare	depuráremos	depurareis	depuraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		depuratú depurávos	depure	depuremos	depurad	depuren
	negative		no depures	no depure	no depuremos	no depuréis	no depuren

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

    Selected combined forms of depurar

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 depurar
	dative	depurarme	depurarte	depurarle, depurarse	depurarnos	depuraros	depurarles, depurarse
	accusative	depurarme	depurarte	depurarlo, depurarla, depurarse	depurarnos	depuraros	depurarlos, depurarlas, depurarse
with gerund depurando
	dative	depurándome	depurándote	depurándole, depurándose	depurándonos	depurándoos	depurándoles, depurándose
	accusative	depurándome	depurándote	depurándolo, depurándola, depurándose	depurándonos	depurándoos	depurándolos, depurándolas, depurándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative depura
	dative	depúrame	depúrate	depúrale	depúranos	not used	depúrales
	accusative	depúrame	depúrate	depúralo, depúrala	depúranos	not used	depúralos, depúralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative depurá
	dative	depurame	depurate	depurale	depuranos	not used	depurales
	accusative	depurame	depurate	depuralo, depurala	depuranos	not used	depuralos, depuralas
with formal second-person singular imperative depure
	dative	depúreme	not used	depúrele, depúrese	depúrenos	not used	depúreles
	accusative	depúreme	not used	depúrelo, depúrela, depúrese	depúrenos	not used	depúrelos, depúrelas
with first-person plural imperative depuremos
	dative	not used	depurémoste	depurémosle	depurémonos	depurémoos	depurémosles
	accusative	not used	depurémoste	depurémoslo, depurémosla	depurémonos	depurémoos	depurémoslos, depurémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative depurad
	dative	depuradme	not used	depuradle	depuradnos	depuraos	depuradles
	accusative	depuradme	not used	depuradlo, depuradla	depuradnos	depuraos	depuradlos, depuradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative depuren
	dative	depúrenme	not used	depúrenle	depúrennos	not used	depúrenles, depúrense
	accusative	depúrenme	not used	depúrenlo, depúrenla	depúrennos	not used	depúrenlos, depúrenlas, depúrense

Derived terms

• depuración
• depurador

Further reading

• “depurar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014