# emprendre
## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* mamprendre (Valencia)

### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *imprehendere, from Latin prehendere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [əmˈpɛn.dɾə], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [əmˈpɾɛn.dɾə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [əmˈpən.dɾə], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [əmˈpɾən.dɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [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/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/(transitive)
* to undertake
    Synonym: escometre
* to initiate, to enter into, to embark upon
    Synonyms: iniciar, començar

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* emprenedor
* empresa

#### References

* “emprendre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “emprendre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “emprendre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

#### Further reading

* “emprendre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* anprendre, emprandre, enprendre, enpanrre

### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *imprehendere, from Latin prehendere.

### Pronunciation

* (archaic) IPA: /emˈpɾendɾə/
* (classical) IPA: /amˈpɾandɾə/

### Verb

emprendre
* to undertake (take up a task, a duty, etc.)
** c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:Se tu as anprise batailleIf you have taken up a battle

#### 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.

#### Descendants

* Middle French: emprendre