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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin compungere.
Verb
compungir (first-person singular present compunjo, first-person singular preterite compungí, past participle compungido)
- to make remorseful, to arouse feelings of remorse
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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