empreender

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese emprender, from Vulgar Latin *imprehendere, from Latin prehendere.

The current form came from the older emprehender, modified in a learned manner from the popularly inherited, now obsolete, form emprender to more closely reflect the Latin etymon, as with compreender and comprender, repreender and reprender, etc.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾe.ẽˈde(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾe.ẽˈde(h)], (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(h)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾjẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾjẽˈde(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(h)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾjẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾjẽˈde(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ɾ)/, (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ɾ)/ [ẽ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(ɾ)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾjẽˈde(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ɾ)/ [ĩ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾjẽˈde(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾe.ẽˈde(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾe.ẽˈde(χ)], (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(χ)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾjẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾjẽˈde(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(χ)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾjẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾjẽˈde(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ɻ)/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.pɾi.ẽˈdeɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾjẽˈdeɾ/

Verb

empreender (first-person singular present empreendo, first-person singular preterite empreendi, past participle empreendido)

  1. to attempt
    Synonyms: tentar, começar
  2. to undertake (to start an enterprise)
    Synonym: iniciar

Conjugation
    Conjugation of empreender (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(tu)		 Third-person
(ele / ela / você)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal empreender
Personal empreender empreenderes empreender empreendermos empreenderdes empreenderem
Gerund
empreendendo
Past participle
Masculine empreendido empreendidos
Feminine empreendida empreendidas
Indicative
Present empreendo empreendes empreende empreendemos empreendeis empreendem
Imperfect empreendia empreendias empreendia empreendíamos empreendíeis empreendiam
Preterite empreendi empreendeste empreendeu empreendemos empreendestes empreenderam
Pluperfect empreendera empreenderas empreendera empreendêramos empreendêreis empreenderam
Future empreenderei empreenderás empreenderá empreenderemos empreendereis empreenderão
Conditional
empreenderia empreenderias empreenderia empreenderíamos empreenderíeis empreenderiam
Subjunctive
Present empreenda empreendas empreenda empreendamos empreendais empreendam
Imperfect empreendesse empreendesses empreendesse empreendêssemos empreendêsseis empreendessem
Future empreender empreenderes empreender empreendermos empreenderdes empreenderem
Imperative
Affirmative empreende empreenda empreendamos empreendei empreendam
Negative (não) não empreendas não empreenda não empreendamos não empreendais não empreendam

Derived terms
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