procurar

Meaning

1. (transitive) to search; to seek; to look for
2. to reach out (attempt to initiate communication)
3. (auxiliary) to try; to attempt
4. (intransitive) to work as a procurator (attorney or agent)

Concepts

search

seek

🔍

look for

search for

go after

be after

pursue

strive

want

endeavour

attempt

look

try

browse

hunt

fossick

go for

hunting

investigate

joke

🤣

look up

move

prospect

push

quest

quest after

quest for

ransack

scan

scrutinize

search out

seek out

study

survey

tease

come at

try out

view

wish

indagate

reach for

love

❤️

research

reach after

put out feelers

analyse

analyze

aspire

assay

chase

Synonyms

buscar

🔍

investigar

pesquisar

perseguir

explorar

tentar

revistar

escavar

pesquisa

desejar

querer

examinar

ter vontade de

navegar

Translations

buscar

🔍

cercare

chercher

suchen

buscar

🔍

cercar

zoeken

aramak

🔍

ψάχνω

rechercher

🔍

opzoeken

fouiller

αναζητώ

quaerere

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɾo.kuˈɾa(ʁ)/

Etymology

Cognate with English: procure

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese procurar, from Late Latin prōcūrāre (“to manage, to administer”), from Latin prāre + cūrō (“to take care; to cure; to manage”). Cognate of English procure.

Sentences

Que tipo de coisas precisamos procurar antes de redigir ?

What kind of things do we need to look for before writing?