emprar

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Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan aemprar, from Early Medieval Latin adimperāre. First attested in 1272. Compare Occitan asemprar.

Pronunciation

Verb

emprar (first-person singular present empro, first-person singular preterite emprí, past participle emprat); root stress: (Central, Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. (transitive, formal) to use
    Synonyms: fer servir, utilitzar, usar
    Puc emprar el telèfon? ― May I use the phone?
    • 2022 December 27, Emma Ansola, “Queixes lingüístiques a l'alça”, in El Punt Avui‎:
      […] l’entitat va presentar l’informe, en què any rere any, des del 2016, augmenta el nombre de queixes lingüístiques per vulneració del dret a emprar el català en la comunicació diària.
      the institution presented the report, in which year after year, since 2016, the number of linguistic complaints for violations of the right to use Catalan in daily communication increases.
  2. (archaic, takes a reflexive pronoun) to make use of; to employ

Usage notes

  • Considered to be a learned word, mostly used in written form or formal speeches. Colloquial usage is fer servir.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of emprar (first conjugation)
infinitive emprar
gerund emprant
past participle masculine feminine
singular emprat emprada
plural emprats emprades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present empro empres empra emprem empreu empren
imperfect emprava empraves emprava empràvem empràveu empraven
future empraré empraràs emprarà emprarem emprareu empraran
preterite emprí emprares emprà empràrem empràreu empraren
conditional empraria empraries empraria empraríem empraríeu emprarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present empri empris empri emprem empreu emprin
imperfect emprés empressis emprés empréssim empréssiu empressin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — empra empri emprem empreu emprin
negative (no) — no empris no empri no emprem no empreu no emprin

Derived terms

References

  • “emprar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  1. ^ “emprar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

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