emprar

Catalan

Alternative forms

• amprar

Etymology

From older Catalan aemprar, from a variant of (compare the form azemprar), from Vulgar Latin *adimperāre, from Latin imperāre, present active infinitive of imperō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əmˈpɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [emˈpɾaɾ]
• Homophones: amprà, amprar, emprà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

emprar (first-person singular present empro, first-person singular preterite emprí, past participle emprat)

1. (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to use
2. (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to employ