epurare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French épurer (purify).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.puˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: e‧pu‧rà‧re

Verb

epuràre (first-person singular present epùro, first-person singular past historic epurài, past participle epuràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to purify
  2. (transitive) to prune, to cull (an administration, office, company)
  3. (transitive) to expurgate (a book)
  4. (transitive) to purge (someone) (from an organization)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • epurare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

From epura + -re.

Noun

epurare f (plural epurări)

  1. purge

Declension

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