comprar

Meaning

1. to buy (to obtain in exchange of money or goods)
2. to buy out

Concepts

buy

🛍️

purchase

🛍️

bribe

get

acquire

take over

corrupt

gain

obtain

suborn

take

buy off

buy over

grease one’s palms

coff

but

buy back

cap

go shopping

graft

nobble

procure

secure

Opposite of

vender

Synonyms

adquirir

procurarse

sobornar

consequir

corromper

obtener

permutar

cambiar

reemplazar

rescatar

alcanzar

trocar

canjear

llevarse

mercar

🛍️

y entonces

ir a comprar

ser convencido

mercar

🛍️

regalar

comprar algo

Translations

comprare

🛍️

acheter

🛍️

kaufen

🛍️

comprar

🛍️

kopen

🛍️

comprar

🛍️

aanschaffen

🛍️

acquistare

emere

αγοράζω

comperare

einkaufen

kirrîn

Hyphenated as

com‧prar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/komˈpɾaɾ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: comparō

Cognate with Portuguese: comprar

Cognate with Italian: comprare

Cognate with Romanian: cumpăra

In summary

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *comperāre, from Latin comparāre (“prepare, procure, get, purchase, obtain”), whence also Portuguese comprar, Italian comprare, Romanian cumpăra.

Sentences

Un niño vuelve a casa de comprar el pan .

A boy comes home from buying bread.

¿ Te importaría acercarte al supermercado a comprar ?

Would you mind going to the supermarket to shop?

Sobornando a funcionarios , logró comprar su libertad y escapó a Gambia .

By bribing officials, he managed to buy his freedom and escaped to The Gambia.