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comprar

Pronunciation: /komˈpɾaɾ/

“comprar” is a Spanish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

verb

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

In Spanish

  1. Adquirir algo mediante el intercambio de su valor en dinero.
  2. Corromper a alguien con sobornos.

Etymology

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

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