empreitar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.pɾejˈta(ʁ)/
empreitar is spelled E-M-P-R-E-I-T-A-R (9 letters). Empreitar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to work piecework” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contratar ou realizar uma empreitada”.
What does empreitar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to work piecework
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. contratar ou realizar uma empreitada
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 empreitar
- empreito first-person present singular
- empreitei first-person preterite singular
- empreitado participle past
- empreitares infinitive second-person singular
- empreitarmos first-person infinitive plural
- empreitardes infinitive plural second-person
- empreitarem infinitive plural third-person
- empreitando gerund
- empreitados masculine participle past
- empreitada feminine participle past
- empreitadas feminine participle past
- empreitas indicative present second-person
- empreita indicative present singular
- empreitamos first-person indicative plural
- empreitais indicative plural present
- empreitam indicative plural present
- empreitava first-person imperfect indicative
- empreitavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empreitar?
- Brazil /ẽ.pɾejˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.pɾeɪ̯ˈta(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.pɾejˈta(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empreitar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.