empreender

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• emprehender (obsolete)
• emprender (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese emprender, from Vulgar Latin *imprehendere, from Latin prehendere.

The current form came from the older emprehender, modified in a learned manner from the popularly inherited, now obsolete, form emprender to more closely reflect the Latin etymon, as with compreender and comprender, repreender and reprender, etc.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾe.ẽˈde(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾe.ẽˈde(h)], (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(h)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾjẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾjẽˈde(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(h)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾjẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾjẽˈde(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾe.ẽˈde(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾe.ẽˈde(h)], (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(h)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾjẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾjẽˈde(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(h)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾjẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾjẽˈde(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ɾ)/, (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ɾ)/ [ẽ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(ɾ)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾjẽˈde(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ɾ)/ [ĩ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾjẽˈde(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾe.ẽˈde(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾe.ẽˈde(χ)], (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(χ)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾjẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾjẽˈde(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(χ)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾjẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾjẽˈde(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.pɾi.ẽˈdeɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾjẽˈdeɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.pɾi.ẽˈdeɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾjẽˈdeɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.pɾi.ẽˈde.ɾi/, (faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾjẽˈde.ɾi/

Verb

empreender (first-person singular present empreendo, first-person singular preterite empreendi, past participle empreendido)

1. to attempt

   Synonyms: tentar, começar

2. to undertake (to start an enterprise)

   Synonym: iniciar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of empreender (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	empreender
Personal	empreender	empreenderes	empreender	empreendermos	empreenderdes	empreenderem
Gerund
	empreendendo
Past participle
Masculine	empreendido			empreendidos
Feminine	empreendida			empreendidas
Indicative
Present	empreendo	empreendes	empreende	empreendemos	empreendeis	empreendem
Imperfect	empreendia	empreendias	empreendia	empreendíamos	empreendíeis	empreendiam
Preterite	empreendi	empreendeste	empreendeu	empreendemos	empreendestes	empreenderam
Pluperfect	empreendera	empreenderas	empreendera	empreendêramos	empreendêreis	empreenderam
Future	empreenderei	empreenderás	empreenderá	empreenderemos	empreendereis	empreenderão
Conditional	empreenderia	empreenderias	empreenderia	empreenderíamos	empreenderíeis	empreenderiam
Subjunctive
Present	empreenda	empreendas	empreenda	empreendamos	empreendais	empreendam
Imperfect	empreendesse	empreendesses	empreendesse	empreendêssemos	empreendêsseis	empreendessem
Future	empreender	empreenderes	empreender	empreendermos	empreenderdes	empreenderem
Imperative
Affirmative		empreende	empreenda	empreendamos	empreendei	empreendam
Negative (não)		não empreendas	não empreenda	não empreendamos	não empreendais	não empreendam

Derived terms

• empreendedor
• empreendido
• empreendimento

Related terms

• prender