# comparar
## Asturian
### Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin comparāre (“compare, match, place together, couple”).

### Verb

comparar (first-person singular indicative present comparo, past participle comparáu)
* to compare

#### Related terms

* comparable
* comparanza
* comparativu

#### See also

* comprar

## Catalan
### Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin comparāre (“compare, match, place together, couple”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kum.pəˈɾa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [kom.pəˈɾa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kom.paˈɾaɾ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

comparar (first-person singular present comparo, first-person singular preterite comparí, past participle comparat)
* to compare

#### Related terms

* comparable
* comparació
* comparança
* comparatiu

#### See also

* comprar

### Further reading

* “comparar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “comparar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “comparar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “comparar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin comparāre (“compare, match, place together, couple”).

### Verb

comparar (first-person singular present comparo, first-person singular preterite comparei, past participle comparado)
* to compare

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* comparábel, comparable
* comparación
* comparanza
* comparativo

#### See also

* comprar

### Further reading

* “comparar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “comparar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Occitan
### Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin comparāre (“compare, match, place together, couple”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Verb

comparar
* to compare

#### Related terms

* comparable

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin comparāre (“compare, match, place together, couple”). Doublet of comprar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.paˈɾa(ʁ)/ [kõ.paˈɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.paˈɾa(ʁ)/ [kõ.paˈɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kõ.paˈɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kõ.paˈɾa(ʁ)/ [kõ.paˈɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõ.paˈɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.pɐˈɾaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.pɐˈɾaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kõ.pɐˈɾa.ɾi/

### Verb

comparar (first-person singular present comparo, first-person singular preterite comparei, past participle comparado)
* to compare
* to liken

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* comparação
* comparativo
* comparável

#### See also

* comprar

## Spanish
### Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin comparāre (“compare, match, place together, couple”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kompaˈɾaɾ/ [kõm.paˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: com‧pa‧rar

### Verb

comparar (first-person singular present comparo, first-person singular preterite comparé, past participle comparado)
* to compare

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* comparable
* comparación
* comparanza
* comparativo

#### See also

* comprar

### Further reading

* “comparar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10