emprendre

See also: emprendré

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *imprehendere, from Latin prehendere.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Central) [əmˈpɛn.dɾə], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [əmˈpɾɛn.dɾə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [əmˈpən.dɾə], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [əmˈpɾən.dɾə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [emˈpen.dɾe], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [emˈpɾen.dɾe]

Verb

emprendre (first-person singular present emprenc, first-person singular preterite emprenguí, past participle emprès); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. to undertake

Conjugation
    Conjugation of emprendre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)
infinitive emprendre
gerund emprenent
past participle masculine feminine
singular emprès empresa
plural empresos empreses
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present emprenc emprens emprèn emprenem empreneu emprenen
imperfect emprenia emprenies emprenia empreníem empreníeu emprenien
future emprendré emprendràs emprendrà emprendrem emprendreu emprendran
preterite emprenguí emprengueres emprengué emprenguérem emprenguéreu emprengueren
conditional emprendria emprendries emprendria emprendríem emprendríeu emprendrien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present emprengui emprenguis emprengui emprenguem emprengueu emprenguin
imperfect emprengués emprenguessis emprengués emprenguéssim emprenguéssiu emprenguessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós		 vostès
affirmative — emprèn emprengui emprenguem empreneu emprenguin
negative (no) — no emprenguis no emprengui no emprenguem no emprengueu no emprenguin

Derived terms

References
  • “emprendre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

Old French

Alternative forms
  • anprendre, emprandre, enprendre, enpanrre

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *imprehendere, from Latin prehendere.

Pronunciation
  • (archaic) IPA(key): /emˈpɾendɾə/
  • (classical) IPA(key): /amˈpɾandɾə/

Verb

emprendre

  1. to undertake (take up a task, a duty, etc.)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of emprendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive emprendre avoir empris
gerund en emprenant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle emprenant
past participle empris
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present empreing, empren emprenz emprent emprenons emprenez emprenent
imperfect emprenoie, empreneie emprenoies, empreneies emprenoit, empreneit empreniiens, empreniens empreniiez, empreniez emprenoient, empreneient
preterite empris empreṣis emprist empreṣimes empreṣistes emprisdrent
future emprendrai emprendras emprendra emprendrons emprendroiz, emprendreiz, emprendrez emprendront
conditional emprendroie, emprendreie emprendroies, emprendreies emprendroit, emprendreit emprendriiens, emprendriens emprendriiez, emprendriez emprendroient, emprendreient
compound
tenses		 present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present empreigne empreignes empreigne emprenons, empreigniens, empreignons emprenez, empreigniez empreignent
imperfect empreṣisse empreṣisses empreṣist empreṣissons, empreṣissiens empreṣissoiz, empreṣissez, empreṣissiez empreṣissent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— empren — emprenons emprenez —

Descendants
  • Middle French: emprendre
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