compra

See also: comprá, comprà, and comprâ

Asturian

Verb

compra

1. third-person singular present indicative of comprar
2. second-person singular imperative of comprar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈkum.pɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈkom.pɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkom.pɾa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Deverbal from comprar.

Noun

compra f (plural compres)

1. purchase
2. buying; purchasing

Derived terms

• agent de compres

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

compra

1. inflection of comprar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “compra”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “compra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “compra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “compra”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish comprar (“to buy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /comˈpɾa/ [com.ˈpɾa]
• Hyphenation: com‧pra

Verb

comprá

1. to buy

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for compra

	Zamboanga City	Cavite
tense	compra
past	ya compra
present	ta compra
future	ay compra; compra; el compra; (rural/archaic) ey compra	di compra
gerund	comprando	?
past participle	comprao; comprado
infinitive	compra
manner	comprada
reciprocal	comprahan
reciprocal past	ya man comprahan; ya'n comprahan
reciprocal present	ta man comprahan; ta'n comprahan
reciprocal future	ay man comprahan; man comprahan; el man comprahan; (rural/archaic) ey man comprahan
reciprocal infinitive	man comprahan

Galician

Verb

compra

1. inflection of comprar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Verb

compra

1. present of comprar
2. imperative of comprar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkom.pra/
• Rhymes: -ompra
• Hyphenation: cóm‧pra

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• compera

Noun

compra f (plural compre)

1. alternative form of compera

Etymology 2

Verb

compra

1. inflection of comprare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “compra” in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• “compra” in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• “compra”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• crampo

Ladin

Verb

compra

1. third-person singular present indicative of comprer
2. third-person plural present indicative of comprer
3. second-person singular imperative of comprer

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.pɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.pɾɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: com‧pra

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese compra (“purchase”), from comprar (“to buy”), from Latin comparō (“to procure”).

Noun

compra f (plural compras)

1. purchase (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent)

   Synonyms: aquisição, obtenção

   Antonym: venda

Related terms

• comprado
• comprador
• comprar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

compra

1. inflection of comprar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “compra”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “compra”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “compra” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “compra”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “compra”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “compra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkompɾa/ [ˈkõm.pɾa]
• Rhymes: -ompɾa
• Syllabification: com‧pra

Etymology 1

Deverbal from comprar.

Noun

compra f (plural compras)

1. purchase, buying
2. acquisition

   Synonym: adquisición

Derived terms

• bolsa de la compra
• cesta de la compra
• ir de compras
• orden de compra

Related terms

• comprar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

compra

1. inflection of comprar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “compra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026