empresarial

Catalan

Etymology

From empresari +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əm.pɾə.zə.ɾiˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [em.pɾe.za.ɾiˈal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

empresarial m or f (masculine and feminine plural empresarials)

1. (relational) business

Further reading

• “empresarial”, 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
• “empresarial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “empresarial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Portuguese

Etymology

From empresario + -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾe.za.ɾiˈaw/ [ẽ.pɾe.za.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾe.zaˈɾjaw/ [ẽ.pɾe.zaˈɾjaʊ̯], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.za.ɾiˈaw/ [ĩ.pɾe.za.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.zaˈɾjaw/ [ĩ.pɾe.zaˈɾjaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.pɾɨ.zɐˈɾjal/ [ẽ.pɾɨ.zɐˈɾjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.pɾɨ.zɐˈɾjal/ [ẽ.pɾɨ.zɐˈɾjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.pɾɨ.zɐˈɾja.li/

• Hyphenation: em‧pre‧sa‧ri‧al

Adjective

empresarial m or f (plural empresariais)

1. business; corporate

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *gʰnédti

Proto-Italic *hendō

Proto-Italic *praiɣendō

Latin prehendere

Vulgar Latin *imprehendere

Italian imprenderedeverb.

Italian impresabor.

Spanish empresa

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusbor.

Spanish -ario

Spanish empresario

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Spanish -al

Spanish empresarial

From empresario + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /empɾesaˈɾjal/ [ẽm.pɾe.saˈɾjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: em‧pre‧sa‧rial

Adjective

empresarial m or f (masculine and feminine plural empresariales)

1. (relational) business
   • 2010-03-20, T. Obrador Manacor, Diario de Mallorca https://www.diariodemallorca.es/part-forana/2010/03/20/reivindican-responsabilidad-social-empresas/554905.html:

     Reivindican la responsabilidad social de todas las empresas. La sala de actos de la Associació Cultural s'Agrícola acogió ayer la presentación de la hoja de ruta 2008-11 para impulsar la responsabilidad social empresarial.

     Social Responsibility of All Companies Promoted. The event room of the Cultural Association of Agriculture hosted yesterday the presentation of the 2008-11 plan to promote social responsibility among businesses.

Derived terms

• empresarialmente

Further reading

• “empresarial”, 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