compra
Spanish, noun
compra is spelled C-O-M-P-R-A (6 letters) and appears 63 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,375th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Compra is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “purchase, buying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of comprar. With an accent, comprá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of comprar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o resultado de comprar”.
What does compra mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepurchase, buying
- 2
feminineacquisition
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of comprar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o resultado de comprar. 2. Obtención de algún beneficio a cambio de algo de valor, generalmente dinero.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of compra
- compras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to compra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is compra in Spanish?
compra appears 63 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).