empresa

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emˈpɾesa/ [ẽmˈpɾe.sa]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: em‧pre‧sa

Noun

empresa f (plural empreses)

1. business; firm; enterprise

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əmˈpɾe̞.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əmˈpɾə.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [əmˈpɾɛ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [emˈpɾe.za]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

empresa f (plural empreses)

1. enterprise, undertaking
2. company, business

Derived terms

• aliança d'empreses
• empresa col·lectiva
• empresa lliure
• empresa particular
• empresa privada
• empresari
• home d'empresa

Related terms

• emprendre

Participle

empresa f sg

1. feminine singular of emprès

Further reading

• “empresa”, 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
• “empresa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian impresa.

Alternative forms

• emprêsa (pre-reform spelling)
• empreza (pre-standardization spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈpɾe.zɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈpɾe.zɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈpɾe.zɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈpɾe.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈpɾe.za/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈpɾe.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈpɾe.zɐ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ezɐ
• Hyphenation: em‧pre‧sa

Noun

empresa f (plural empresas)

1. company; business

   Synonym: companhia

2. enterprise

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• empreza (pre-standardization spelling)

Verb

empresa

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

Further reading

• “empresa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “empresa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian impresa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emˈpɾesa/ [ẽmˈpɾe.sa]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: em‧pre‧sa

Noun

empresa f (plural empresas)

1. company

   Synonyms: compañía, firma

2. enterprise, undertaking

   Synonym: emprendimiento

3. task

   Synonyms: deber, tarea, quehacer, cometido

Derived terms

• comité de empresa
• empresa de trabajo temporal
• empresa mixta
• empresa pública
• libertad de empresa

Related terms

• emprender
• empresarial
• empresario

Further reading

• “empresa”, 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