empregar
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese empregar, from Latin implicāre, present active infinitive of implicō (“I entangle”). Doublet of implicar.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
empregar (first-person singular present emprego, first-person singular preterite empreguei, past participle empregado)
- to employ (to give someone a job)
- Synonym: contratar
- to employ; to make use of (to put into use)
- (archaic) to put to good use
- 1470, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 362:
- tódolos outros diseron juntamente que esteueram no arroydo e que uiran matar ao irmao de Gonçaluo Roíz e seu cunhado e outros pyós e que uiram tyrar a Fernán de Sam Payo, e dyserom que ele fezera muytas fyrydas e matara ó dito Gonçaluo Roz, e que ouuera muitos dynheyros dos ditos fynados, e mais diseron que se gauaba que de XX tyros que tyrara que todos empregara, saluo dous
- all the rest said altogether that they were at the riot and that they saw how Gonzalvo Rois' brother, and his brother-in-law, and other pawns, were killed; and that they saw Fernán de Sampaio shooting; and they said that he caused many wounds and that he killed the aforementioned Gonzalvo Rois, and that he took many moneys from the dead; and they added that he was boasting that of twenty shots he had thrown, all but two were put to good use
- tódolos outros diseron juntamente que esteueram no arroydo e que uiran matar ao irmao de Gonçaluo Roíz e seu cunhado e outros pyós e que uiram tyrar a Fernán de Sam Payo, e dyserom que ele fezera muytas fyrydas e matara ó dito Gonçaluo Roz, e que ouuera muitos dynheyros dos ditos fynados, e mais diseron que se gauaba que de XX tyros que tyrara que todos empregara, saluo dous
- 1470, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 362:
ConjugationEdit
- Note: empreg- are changed to empregu- before front vowels (e).
Conjugation of empregar
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “empregar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “empreg” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “empregar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “empregar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
PortugueseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Portuguese empregar, from Latin implicāre (“to entangle”). Doublet of implicar.
PronunciationEdit
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾeˈɡa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾeˈɡa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾeˈɡa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾeˈɡa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾeˈɡa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾeˈɡa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾeˈɡa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾeˈɡa(ɻ)/
VerbEdit
empregar (first-person singular present emprego, first-person singular preterite empreguei, past participle empregado)
- to employ (to give someone a job)
- to employ; to make use of (to put into use)
- Synonyms: usar, utilizar, fazer uso, aproveitar, aplicar
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of empregar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Usage notesEdit
- A short past participle form empregue is sometimes also used in European Portuguese and informal Brazilian Portuguese, though this is considered nonstandard.
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From em- + prega (“fold, crease”) + -ar.
PronunciationEdit
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾeˈɡa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾeˈɡa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾeˈɡa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾeˈɡa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pɾeˈɡa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾeˈɡa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾeˈɡa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾeˈɡa(ɻ)/
VerbEdit
empregar (first-person singular present emprego, first-person singular preterite empreguei, past participle empregado)
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of empregar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazil.
2Portugal.