comprar

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

• IPA^(key): /komˈpɾaɾ/, [kõmˈpɾaɾ]

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

1. to buy

   Antonym: vender

• compra
• comprador

• parar

• comparar

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

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kumˈpɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [komˈpɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [komˈpɾaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

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

1. to buy

• parar

• comparar

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

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

• IPA^(key): /kom.ˈpɾaɾ/

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

1. to buy

   Synonym: mercar

   Antonym: vender

• compra
• comprador

• parar

• comparar

• “comprar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “comprar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “comprar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “comprar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “comprar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

comprar

1. to buy

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.

• Hyphenation: com‧prar

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

1. (transitive) to buy

For quotations using this term, see Citations:comprar.

• compra
• comprador

• parar

• comparar

• “comprar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “comprar” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “comprar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “comprar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “comprar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “comprar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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

• IPA^(key): /komˈpɾaɾ/ [kõmˈpɾaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: com‧prar

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:

     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

• “comprar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014