procura

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pɾuˈku.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾoˈku.ɾa]

Deverbal from procurar.

procura f (plural procures)

1. proxy

   Synonym: procuració

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

procura

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

• “procura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.ky.ʁa/

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procura

1. third-person singular past historic of procurer

• IPA^(key): /proˈku.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: pro‧cù‧ra

From procurare.

procura f (plural procure)

1. power of attorney, proxy

   Synonyms: mandato, delega

2. letter of attorney, warrant of attorney

   Synonyms: mandato, delega

3. public prosecutor's office

• procuratore
• procurare

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

procura

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [proːˈkuː.raː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [proˈkuː.ra]

prōcūrā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of prōcūrō

• "procura", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: pro‧cu‧ra

From procurar (“to look for”).

procura f (plural procuras)

1. search (an attempt to find something)

   Synonym: busca

2. pursuit (act of pursuing a goal)

   Synonym: busca

3. (economics) demand (amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price)

   Synonym: demanda

   Antonym: oferta

• lei da oferta e da procura

• procurante
• procurar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

procura

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

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

Borrowed from French procurer, from Latin prōcūrāre.

a procura (third-person singular present procură, past participle procurat, third-person subjunctive procure) 1st conjugation

1. to procure

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈkuɾa/ [pɾoˈku.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: pro‧cu‧ra

Deverbal from procurar.

procura f (plural procuras)

1. procural, procurement
2. procuratorship, attorneyship

procura

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

• “procura”, 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