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)

Frequency

A2
Hyphenated as
pro‧cu‧rar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɾo.kuˈɾa(ʁ)/
Etymology

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.

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