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impugnar

to challenge

verb eem-poog-NAHR Rare
People & Society Law

Origin: From Latin impugnare ('to fight against').

Also means

to contest, to appeal against

Usage Note

Impugnar is a legal and formal term meaning to formally contest or challenge a decision, election, or document — impugnar un contrato, impugnar las elecciones. It is not interchangeable with desafiar (to challenge a person) or cuestionar (to question informally). English 'to impugn' covers only the sense of casting doubt, whereas impugnar more broadly means to formally contest.

Examples

"El partido decidió impugnar los resultados."

Natural Translation

The party decided to contest the results.

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