comprar
Portuguese, verb/kõˈpɾa(ʁ)/
comprar is spelled C-O-M-P-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears 151 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 645th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Comprar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to buy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “obter algo em troca de dinheiro”.
What does comprar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to buy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. obter algo em troca de dinheiro 2. adotar (alguma opinião) 3. aceitar e/ou entender como verdadeira a lógica em uma discussão 4. pegar uma carta do baralho em certos jogos
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of comprar
- compro first-person present singular
- comprei first-person preterite singular
- comprado participle past
- comprares infinitive second-person singular
- comprarmos first-person infinitive plural
- comprardes infinitive plural second-person
- comprarem infinitive plural third-person
- comprando gerund
- comprados masculine participle past
- comprada feminine participle past
- compradas feminine participle past
- compras indicative present second-person
- compra indicative present singular
- compramos first-person indicative plural
- comprais indicative plural present
- compram indicative plural present
- comprava first-person imperfect indicative
- compravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce comprar?
- Brazil /kõˈpɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kõˈpɾa(h)]
- /kõˈpɾa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to comprar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is comprar in Portuguese?
comprar appears 151 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).