verb/impuɡˈnaɾ/
to contest, fight, oppose; to contest
“impugnar la decisión” — contest the decision
Synonyms: contestar
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der. Proto-Indo-European *puǵnos Proto-Italic *pugnos Latin pugnus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin pugnō Latin impugnārebor. Spanish impugnar Borrowed from Latin impugnāre.