Purgado

Purgado is the past participle of purgar, a Spanish verb that means to purge, cleanse, or remove impurities. It can function as an adjective or passive participle and is used to indicate that something has undergone purging. The term derives from Latin purgare, from purus meaning clean.

In everyday language, purgado describes processes that have been completed: for example, “un sistema purgado” (a purged system) or “datos purgados” (purged data). In many contexts, purga is the noun for the action or process, while purgado serves to describe the result or the subject that has been purged. In political and historical contexts, purges refer to campaigns to remove individuals or groups; those affected may be described as purgados, though more common terms include “purga” and related phrases.

In medical language, purga refers to a laxative, and purgado can describe a patient who has undergone purgation. In computing and data management, purge actions remove or delete records; a database that has been purgado has had unwanted data expunged.

Gran Purga is the Spanish-language designation for major purges, most notably the Great Purge in the Soviet Union. Purgado thus spans linguistics, medicine, politics, and information management, retaining a core sense of cleansing or removing unwanted elements.