comulgar

to receive communion

verb koh-mool-GAHR Rare

Origin: Latin communicare, via ecclesiastical Latin communicare (to share in the Eucharist).

Also means

to share beliefs with

Usage Note

Comulgar has a primary religious sense — to receive the Eucharist at Mass — and a secondary figurative sense: comulgar con una idea means to be fully in agreement with or share an ideology. The negative no comulgar con is especially common: no comulgo con esas ideas (I don't go along with those ideas). Learners should note that the religious and ideological senses are both current and context usually disambiguates.

Examples

"Los fieles comulgaron durante la misa del domingo."

Natural Translation

The faithful received communion during Sunday Mass.

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