comprar

From Vulgar Latin *comperāre, from Latin comparāre.

• IPA^(key): /komˈpɾaɾ/ [kõmˈpɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: com‧prar

comprar (first-person singular indicative present compro, past participle compráu)

1. to buy

   Antonym: vender

• compra
• comprador

• parar

• comparar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *comperāre, from Latin comparāre (“prepare, procure, get, purchase, obtain”). Compare Occitan crompar, Spanish comprar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kumˈpɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [komˈpɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [komˈpɾaɾ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

comprar (first-person singular present compro, first-person singular preterite comprí, past participle comprat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. to buy

• parar

• comparar

• “comprar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Galician-Portuguese comprar, conprar, from Vulgar Latin *comperāre, from Latin comparāre.

• IPA^(key): /kom.ˈpɾaɾ/

comprar (first-person singular present compro, first-person singular preterite comprei, past participle comprado)

1. to buy

   Synonym: mercar

   Antonym: vender

• compra
• comprador

• parar

• comparar

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “comprar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “comprar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “comprar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “comprar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “comprar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

comprar

1. to buy

From Old Galician-Portuguese comprar, conprar, from Vulgar Latin *comperāre, from Latin comparāre (“to prepare, to procure, to get, to purchase, to obtain”). Doublet of comparar.

• Hyphenation: com‧prar

comprar (first-person singular present compro, first-person singular preterite comprei, past participle comprado)

1. (transitive) to buy

For quotations using this term, see Citations:comprar.

• compra
• comprador

• parar

• comparar

• “comprar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “comprar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “comprar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “comprar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “comprar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “comprar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *comperāre, from Latin comparāre (“prepare, procure, get, purchase, obtain”), whence also Portuguese comprar, Italian comprare, Romanian cumpăra.

• IPA^(key): /komˈpɾaɾ/ [kõmˈpɾaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: com‧prar

comprar (first-person singular present compro, first-person singular preterite compré, past participle comprado)

1. to buy (to obtain in exchange of money or goods)

   Synonym: mercar

   Antonym: vender

   • 2015 October 22, “¿Lavadora? Nunca. Cómo conseguir que mis zapatillas blancas sigan blancas”, in El País‎^[1], archived from the original on 4 November 2015:

     Si están demasiado sucios, pase por una mercería y cómprese unos nuevos cada cierto tiempo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2021 July 21, Juan Garzon, “Los mejores celulares Android de 2021”, in CNN en Español‎^[2]:

     Comprar un celular no es fácil, al menos considerando que lo ideal es comprar el mejor para cada uno de nosotros porque no todos tenemos las mismas necesidades, ni le damos el mismo uso, ni podemos pagar el mismo precio, ni tenemos las mismas preferencias. Sin embargo, aquí recopilo los mejores celulares Android de 2021, teniendo en cuenta estos aspectos para ayudarte a determinar cuál podría ser mejor opción para ti.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to buy out

   Synonym: adquirir

• “comprar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024