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Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Deverbal from procurar.
Noun
procura f (plural procures)
- proxy
- Synonym: procuració
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
procura
- inflection of procurar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
French
Pronunciation
Verb
procura
- third-person singular past historic of procurer
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /proˈku.ra/
- Rhymes: -ura
- Hyphenation: pro‧cù‧ra
Etymology 1
From procurare.
Noun
procura f (plural procure)
- power of attorney, proxy
- Synonyms: mandato, delega
- letter of attorney, warrant of attorney
- Synonyms: mandato, delega
- public prosecutor's office
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
procura
- inflection of procurare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
prōcūrā
- second-person singular present active imperative of prōcūrō
References
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uɾɐ
- Hyphenation: pro‧cu‧ra
Etymology 1
From procurar (“to look for”).
Noun
procura f (plural procuras)
- search (an attempt to find something)
- Synonym: busca
- pursuit (act of pursuing a goal)
- Synonym: busca
- (economics) demand (amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price)
- Synonym: demanda
- Antonym: oferta
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
procura
- inflection of procurar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “procura”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “procura”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “procura” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “procura”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “procura”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “procura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French procurer, from Latin prōcūrāre.
Verb
a procura (third-person singular present procură, past participle procurat) 1st conj.
- to procure
Conjugation
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾoˈkuɾa/
- Rhymes: -uɾa
- Syllabification: pro‧cu‧ra
Etymology 1
Deverbal from procurar.
Noun
procura f (plural procuras)
- procural, procurement
- procuratorship, attorneyship
Etymology 2
Verb
procura
- inflection of procurar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading