apurar

From a- +‎ pur +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.puˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [a.puˈɾaɾ]
• Homophone: apurà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

apurar (first-person singular present apuro, first-person singular preterite apurí, past participle apurat)

1. (transitive) to purify

   Synonym: depurar

2. to check, to verify

   Synonym: verificar

• “apurar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “apurar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “apurar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “apurar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From a- +‎ puro +‎ -ar, from Latin pūrus.

• Hyphenation: a‧pu‧rar

apurar (first-person singular present apuro, first-person singular preterite apurei, past participle apurado)

1. (transitive) to purify
2. (transitive) to collect
3. (transitive) to refine
4. (transitive, cooking) to simmer
5. (transitive, journalism) to gather facts, investigate

   Synonym: indagar

6. (takes a reflexive pronoun, slang) to hurry up

From a- +‎ puro +‎ -ar, from Latin pūrus. Compare French apurer (“to discharge, reconcile [a debt or obligation]”).

• IPA^(key): /apuˈɾaɾ/ [a.puˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧pu‧rar

apurar (first-person singular present apuro, first-person singular preterite apuré, past participle apurado)

1. (transitive) to drain, use up completely

   apurar su vaso hasta las heces ― to drain one's glass down to the dregs

2. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) to hurry, to rush
3. (transitive, reflexive) to worry, bother

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