corprendre

First attested in c. 1880.^[1] From cor (“heart”) +‎ prendre (“take”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌkɔrˈpɛn.dɾə], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [ˌkɔrˈpɾɛn.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˌkɔrˈpən.dɾə], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [ˌkɔrˈpɾən.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌkɔɾˈpen.dɾe], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [ˌkɔɾˈpɾen.dɾe]

corprendre (first-person singular present corprenc, first-person singular preterite corprenguí, past participle corprès); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. to captivate (somebody's heart)

   Synonym: captivar

   Antonym: ofendre

   • 2000, Joan A. Argenter et al., Diccionari Manual de la Llengua Catalana, Institut d'Estudis Catalans, page 352:

     La bellesa de la noia l'havia corprès

     The girl's beauty had captivated him

• corprenedor

• “corprendre”, 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
• “corprendre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “corprendre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.