empresa

Asturian

Noun

empresa f (plural empreses)

1. business; firm; enterprise

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əmˈpɾə.zə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əmˈpɾɛ.zə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /emˈpɾe.za/

Noun

empresa f (plural empreses)

1. company, business

Derived terms

• empresari
• empresarial

Related terms

• emprendre

Further reading

• “empresa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• empreza (obsolete)

Etymology

From Italian impresa.

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/

Noun

empresa f (plural empresas)

1. company; business

   Synonym: companhia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian impresa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

empresa f (plural empresas)

1. company

   Synonyms: compañía, firma

2. enterprise
3. task, undertaking

Derived terms

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

 

Related terms

• emprender
• empresarial
• empresario

 

Further reading

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