emprendre
See also: emprendré
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan (compare Occitan emprendre), from Vulgar Latin *imprendere < *imprehendere, present infinitive of *imprehendo (compare Spanish emprender, Italian imprendere), from Latin in + prehendō.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /əmˈp(ɾ)ən.dɾə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /əmˈp(ɾ)ɛn.dɾə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /emˈp(ɾ)en.dɾe/
Verb
emprendre (first-person singular present emprenc, past participle emprès)
- to undertake
Conjugation
Conjugation of emprendre (second conjugation with velar infix, irregular past participle)
| infinitive | emprendre | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | emprenent | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | emprès | empresa | |||||
| plural | empresos | empreses | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | emprenc | emprens | emprèn | emprenem | empreneu | emprenen | |
| imperfect | emprenia | emprenies | emprenia | empreníem | empreníeu | emprenien | |
| future | emprendré | emprendràs | emprendrà | emprendrem | emprendreu | emprendran | |
| preterite | emprenguí | emprengueres | emprengué | emprenguérem | emprenguéreu | emprengueren | |
| conditional | emprendria | emprendries | emprendria | emprendríem | emprendríeu | emprendrien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | emprengui | emprenguis | emprengui | emprenguem | emprengueu | emprenguin | |
| imperfect | emprengués | emprenguessis | emprengués | emprenguéssim | emprenguéssiu | emprenguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | emprèn | emprengui | emprenguem | empreneu | emprenguin | ||
Derived terms
- emprenedor
Further reading
- “emprendre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Old French
Alternative forms
- anprendre
- emprandre
- enprendre
- enpanrre
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *imprendere < *imprehendere, present infinitive of *imprehendo, from Latin in + prehendō.
Verb
emprendre
- to undertake (take up a task, a duty, etc.)
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, 'Érec et Énide':
- Se tu as anprise bataille
- If you have taken up a battle
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of emprendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | emprendre | avoir empris | |||||
| gerund | en emprenant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | emprenant | ||||||
| past participle | empris | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | empreing, empren | emprenz | emprent | emprenons | emprenez | emprenent |
| imperfect | emprenoie, empreneie | emprenoies, empreneies | emprenoit, empreneit | empreniiens, empreniens | empreniiez, empreniez | emprenoient, empreneient | |
| preterite | empris | empreṣis | emprist | empreṣimes | empreṣistes | emprisdrent | |
| future | emprendrai | emprendras | emprendra | emprendrons | emprendroiz, emprendreiz, emprendrez | emprendront | |
| conditional | emprendroie, emprendreie | emprendroies, emprendreies | emprendroit, emprendreit | emprendriiens, emprendriens | emprendriiez, emprendriez | emprendroient, emprendreient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | empreigne | empreignes | empreigne | emprenons, empreigniens, empreignons | emprenez, empreigniez | empreignent |
| imperfect | empreṣisse | empreṣisses | empreṣist | empreṣissons, empreṣissiens | empreṣissoiz, empreṣissez, empreṣissiez | empreṣissent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | empren | — | emprenons | emprenez | — | ||