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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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

Verb

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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

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Derived terms

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