amprar

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Catalan

Etymology

Variant form of emprar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
IPA^(key): (Valencia)
Audio (Barcelona): (file)

Verb

amprar (first-person singular present ampro, first-person singular preterite amprí, past participle amprat)

(transitive) to borrow
Synonym: manllevar
(archaic, Alghero) to use
Synonym: emprar

Conjugation

Conjugation of amprar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			amprar
gerund			amprant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amprat		amprada
		plural		amprats		amprades
person		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
	affirmative	—	ampra	ampri	amprem	ampreu	amprin
	negative (no)	—	no ampris	no ampri	no amprem	no ampreu	no amprin

Further reading

“amprar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan amprar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /amˈpɾaɾ/
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: am‧prar

Verb

amprar (first-person singular present ampro, first-person singular preterite ampré, past participle amprado)

(transitive, Aragon) to lend, to borrow
Synonym: prestar

Conjugation

Conjugation of amprar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			amprar
gerund			amprando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amprado		amprada
		plural		amprados		ampradas
		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	ampras^{^tú} amprás^{^vos}	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	ampres^{^tú} amprés^{^vos²}	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		ampra^{^tú} amprá^{^vos}	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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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