empreender

empreender

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-
Proto-Indo-European *-né-
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *gʰnédti
Proto-Italic *hendō
Proto-Italic *praiɣendō
Latin prehendere
Vulgar Latin *imprehendere
Old Galician-Portuguese emprender
Portuguese empreender

    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese emprender, from Vulgar Latin *imprehendere, from Latin in- + prehendere.

    The current form came from the older emprehender, modified in a learned manner from the popularly inherited, now obsolete, form emprender to more closely reflect the Latin etymon, as with compreender and comprender, repreender and reprender, etc.

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾe.ẽˈde(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾe.ẽˈde(h)], (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(h)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾjẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾjẽˈde(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(h)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾjẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾjẽˈde(h)]
      • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ɾ)/, (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ɾ)/ [ẽ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(ɾ)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾjẽˈde(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ɾ)/ [ĩ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾjẽˈde(ɾ)/
      • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾe.ẽˈde(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾe.ẽˈde(χ)], (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(χ)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾjẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾjẽˈde(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(χ)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾjẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾjẽˈde(χ)]
      • (Caipira) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ɻ)/, (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ɻ)/ [ẽ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(ɻ)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾjẽˈde(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ɻ)/ [ĩ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(ɻ)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾjẽˈde(ɻ)/
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾe.ẽˈde(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾe.ẽˈde(h)]
     
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.pɾi.ẽˈdeɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾjẽˈdeɾ/
      • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.pɾi.ẽˈde.ɾi/, (faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾjẽˈde.ɾi/

    Verb

    empreender (first-person singular present empreendo, first-person singular preterite empreendi, past participle empreendido)

    1. to attempt
      Synonyms: tentar, começar
    2. to undertake (to start an enterprise)
      Synonym: iniciar

    Conjugation

        Conjugation of empreender (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
    Singular Plural
    First-person
    (eu)     		Second-person
    (tu)     		Third-person
    (ele / ela / você)     		First-person
    (nós)     		Second-person
    (vós)     		Third-person
    (eles / elas / vocês)
    Infinitive
    Impersonal empreender
    Personal empreender empreenderes empreender empreendermos empreenderdes empreenderem
    Gerund
    empreendendo
    Past participle
    Masculine empreendido empreendidos
    Feminine empreendida empreendidas
    Indicative
    Present empreendo empreendes empreende empreendemos empreendeis empreendem
    Imperfect empreendia empreendias empreendia empreendíamos empreendíeis empreendiam
    Preterite empreendi empreendeste empreendeu empreendemos empreendestes empreenderam
    Pluperfect empreendera empreenderas empreendera empreendêramos empreendêreis empreenderam
    Future empreenderei empreenderás empreenderá empreenderemos empreendereis empreenderão
    Conditional empreenderia empreenderias empreenderia empreenderíamos empreenderíeis empreenderiam
    Subjunctive
    Present empreenda empreendas empreenda empreendamos empreendais empreendam
    Imperfect empreendesse empreendesses empreendesse empreendêssemos empreendêsseis empreendessem
    Future empreender empreenderes empreender empreendermos empreenderdes empreenderem
    Imperative
    Affirmative empreende empreenda empreendamos empreendei empreendam
    Negative (não) não empreendas não empreenda não empreendamos não empreendais não empreendam

    Derived terms

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