compra

See also: comprá, comprà, and comprâ

Asturian

Verb

compra

1. third-person singular present indicative of comprar
2. second-person singular imperative of comprar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈkum.pɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈkom.pɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkom.pɾa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Deverbal from comprar.

Noun

compra f (plural compres)

1. purchase
2. buying; purchasing

Derived terms

• agent de compres

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

compra

1. inflection of comprar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “compra”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “compra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “compra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “compra”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish comprar (“to buy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /comˈpɾa/ [com.ˈpɾa]
• Hyphenation: com‧pra

Verb

comprá

1. to buy

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for compra

	tense	past	present	future	gerund	past participle	infinitive	manner	reciprocal	reciprocal past	reciprocal present	reciprocal future	reciprocal infinitive
Zamboanga City conjugation	compra	ya compra	ta compra	ay compra; compra; el compra; (rural/archaic) ey compra	comprando	comprao; comprado	compra	comprada	comprahan	ya man comprahan; ya'n comprahan	ta man comprahan; ta'n comprahan	ay man comprahan; man comprahan; el man comprahan; (rural/archaic) ey man comprahan	man comprahan
Cavite conjugation				di compra

Galician

Verb

compra

1. inflection of comprar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Verb

compra

1. present of comprar
2. imperative of comprar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkom.pra/
• Rhymes: -ompra
• Hyphenation: cóm‧pra

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• compera

Noun

compra f (plural compre)

1. alternative form of compera

Etymology 2

Verb

compra

1. inflection of comprare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• compra in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• compra in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• compra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• crampo

Ladin

Verb

compra

1. third-person singular present indicative of comprer
2. third-person plural present indicative of comprer
3. second-person singular imperative of comprer

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.pɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.pɾɐ/
  • (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.pɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.pɾɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: com‧pra

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese compra (“purchase”), from comprar (“to buy”), from Latin comparō (“to procure”).

Noun

compra f (plural compras)

1. purchase (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent)

   Synonyms: aquisição, obtenção

   Antonym: venda

Related terms

• comprado
• comprador
• comprar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

compra

1. inflection of comprar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “compra”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “compra”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “compra” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “compra”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “compra”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “compra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkompɾa/ [ˈkõm.pɾa]
• Rhymes: -ompɾa
• Syllabification: com‧pra

Etymology 1

Deverbal from comprar.

Noun

compra f (plural compras)

1. purchase, buying
2. acquisition

   Synonym: adquisición

Derived terms

• bolsa de la compra
• cesta de la compra
• ir de compras
• orden de compra

Related terms

• comprar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

compra

1. inflection of comprar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “compra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025