amprar
Catalan
Etymology
Variant form of emprar.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əmˈpɾa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /amˈpɾaɾ/
Verb
amprar (first-person singular present ampro, past participle amprat)
- (transitive) to borrow
- Synonym: manllevar
- (archaic, Alghero) to use
- Synonym: emprar
Conjugation
Conjugation of amprar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | amprar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | amprant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | amprat | amprada | |||||
| plural | amprats | amprades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | ampro | ampres | ampra | amprem | ampreu | ampren | |
| imperfect | amprava | ampraves | amprava | ampràvem | ampràveu | ampraven | |
| future | ampraré | ampraràs | amprarà | amprarem | amprareu | ampraran | |
| preterite | amprí | amprares | amprà | ampràrem | ampràreu | ampraren | |
| conditional | ampraria | ampraries | ampraria | ampraríem | ampraríeu | amprarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | ampri | ampris | ampri | amprem | ampreu | amprin | |
| imperfect | amprés | ampressis | amprés | ampréssim | ampréssiu | ampressin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | ampra | ampri | amprem | ampreu | amprin | ||
Further reading
- “amprar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
Etymology
From Catalan amprar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amˈpɾaɾ/ [ãmˈpɾaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: am‧prar
Verb
amprar (first-person singular present ampro, first-person singular preterite ampré, past participle amprado)
- (transitive, Aragón) to lend, to borrow
- Synonym: prestar
Conjugation
Conjugation of amprar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | amprar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | amprando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | amprado | amprada | |||||
| plural | amprados | ampradas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | ampro | amprastú amprásvos | ampra | ampramos | ampráis | ampran | |
| imperfect | ampraba | amprabas | ampraba | amprábamos | amprabais | ampraban | |
| preterite | ampré | ampraste | ampró | ampramos | amprasteis | ampraron | |
| future | ampraré | amprarás | amprará | ampraremos | ampraréis | amprarán | |
| conditional | ampraría | amprarías | ampraría | ampraríamos | ampraríais | amprarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | ampre | amprestú amprésvos2 | ampre | ampremos | ampréis | ampren | |
| imperfect (ra) | amprara | ampraras | amprara | ampráramos | amprarais | ampraran | |
| imperfect (se) | amprase | amprases | amprase | amprásemos | ampraseis | amprasen | |
| future1 | amprare | amprares | amprare | ampráremos | amprareis | ampraren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | ampratú amprávos | ampre | ampremos | amprad | ampren | ||
| negative | no ampres | no ampre | no ampremos | no ampréis | no ampren | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “amprar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014