apurar

Catalan

Etymology

From a- +‎ pur +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Further reading

• “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.

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ.pu.ˈɾaɾ/
• IPA^(key): /a.pu.ˈɾaɾ/, /a.pu.ˈɾa(χ)/
• Hyphenation: a‧pu‧rar

Verb

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

   Synonym: indagar

6. (slang) to hurry up

Derived terms

• apuro
• apuração
• apuramento

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apuˈɾaɾ/ [a.puˈɾaɾ]

Verb

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
3. (transitive, reflexive) to worry, bother

Related terms

• apuracabos
• apurado
• apurarse
• apuro
• puro

 

Further reading

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