compra

compra

1. third-person singular present indicative of comprar
2. second-person singular imperative of comprar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkom.pɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkom.pɾa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Deverbal from comprar.

compra f (plural compres)

1. purchase
2. buying; purchasing

• agent de compres

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

compra

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

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “compra”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “compra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “compra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “compra”, 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

Inherited from Spanish comprar (“to buy”).

• IPA^(key): /komˈpɾa/, [kõmˈpɾa]
• Hyphenation: com‧pra

comprá

1. to buy

compra

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

compra

1. present of comprar
2. imperative of comprar

• IPA^(key): /ˈkom.pra/
• Rhymes: -ompra
• Hyphenation: cóm‧pra

• compera

compra f (plural compre)

1. alternative form of compera

compra

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

• compra in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• compra in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• compra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• crampo

compra

1. third-person singular present indicative of comprer
2. third-person plural present indicative of comprer
3. second-person singular imperative of comprer

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: com‧pra

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese compra (“purchase”), from comprar (“to buy”), from Latin comparō (“to procure”).

compra f (plural compras)

1. purchase (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent)

   Synonyms: aquisição, obtenção

   Antonym: venda

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

compra

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

• “compra”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “compra”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “compra” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “compra”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “compra”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “compra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈkompɾa/ [ˈkõm.pɾa]
• Rhymes: -ompɾa
• Syllabification: com‧pra

Deverbal from comprar.

compra f (plural compras)

1. purchase, buying
2. acquisition

   Synonym: adquisición

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

compra

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

• “compra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025