comprar

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Asturian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *comperāre, from Latin comparāre, present active infinitive of comparō (prepare, procure, get, purchase, obtain).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /komˈpɾaɾ/, [kõmˈpɾaɾ]

Verb

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comprar (first-person singular indicative present compro, past participle compráu)

  1. to buy
    Antonym: vender

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *comperāre, from Latin comparāre (prepare, procure, get, purchase, obtain). Compare Occitan crompar, Spanish comprar.

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comprar (first-person singular present compro, first-person singular preterite comprí, past participle comprat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

  1. to buy

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References

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  • “comprar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese comprar, conprar, from Vulgar Latin *comperāre, from Latin comparāre, present active infinitive of comparō (prepare, procure, get, purchase, obtain).

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comprar (first-person singular present compro, first-person singular preterite comprei, past participle comprado)

  1. to buy
    Synonym: mercar
    Antonym: vender

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Interlingua

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Verb

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comprar

  1. to buy

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese comprar, conprar, from Vulgar Latin *comperāre, from Latin comparāre (to prepare, to procure, to get, to purchase, to obtain). Doublet of comparar.

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  • Hyphenation: com‧prar

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comprar (first-person singular present compro, first-person singular preterite comprei, past participle comprado)

  1. (transitive) to buy

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Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:comprar.

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *comperāre, from Latin comparāre (prepare, procure, get, purchase, obtain), whence also Portuguese comprar, Italian comprare, Romanian cumpăra.

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Verb

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comprar (first-person singular present compro, first-person singular preterite compré, past participle comprado)

  1. to buy (to obtain in exchange of money or goods)
    Synonym: mercar
    Antonym: vender
    • 2015 October 22, “¿Lavadora? Nunca. Cómo conseguir que mis zapatillas blancas sigan blancas”, in El País[1]:
      Si están demasiado sucios, pase por una mercería y cómprese unos nuevos cada cierto tiempo.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to buy out
    Synonym: adquirir

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