# sempre
## English
### Etymology

From Italian sempre.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: sem′-prā(′) IPA: /ˈsɛm(ˌ)pɹeɪ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adverb

sempre (not comparable)
* (music, as a qualifier) always, still; maintaining the same style

### Anagrams

* Rempes, preems, semper-

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin semper. Compare Italian sempre, Portuguese sempre, Spanish siempre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈsem.pɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈsem.pɾe]
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

sempre
* always
    Synonyms: tothora, tostemps
    Antonym: mai

#### Derived terms

* per sempre
* sempre que

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sempre, from Latin semper. Compare Italian sempre, Portuguese sempre, Spanish siempre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛmpɾe/ [ˈs̺ɛm.pɾɪ]
* Rhymes: -ɛmpɾe
* Hyphenation: sem‧pre

### Adverb

sempre
* always

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sempre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sempre”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sempre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sempre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sempre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sempre, Spanish siempre, from Latin semper.

### Adverb

sempre
* always
    Me sempre oblivias to.I always forget that.

#### Usage notes

Though sempre is an official word and is used more often than omnatempe (which follows the Ido rules of constructing correlatives), omnatempe is still valid and understood.

#### Synonyms

* omnatempe

#### Related terms

* omnu (“everyone”)
* omno (“everything, all”)
* omna (“all, every”)
* omni (“all, everybody”)
* omnaloke (“everywhere”)

## Italian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin semper; compare Catalan and Portuguese sempre, Spanish siempre.

### Pronunciation

* (standard) IPA: /ˈsɛm.pre/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛmpre
* Hyphenation: sèm‧pre

### Adverb

sempre
* always
* (colloquial) still
    Synonym: ancora
    …sempre in garanzia? ― …still under guarantee?

#### Derived terms

* per sempre
* sempre dritto / sempre diritto
* sempreverde
* semprevivo

#### Descendants

* → English: sempre

### Anagrams

* spreme, spremé

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* sèmpre (Mistralian)

### Etymology

From Latin semper. Compare Italian sempre, Portuguese sempre, Spanish siempre.

### Adverb

sempre
* always

#### Synonyms

* tot lo temps

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin semper. Compare Italian sempre, Spanish siempre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈs̺ẽ.pɾe/

### Adverb

sempre
* always (at all times)

#### Descendants

* Fala: sempris
* Galician: sempre
* Portuguese: sempre

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sempre, from Latin semper; compare Catalan sempre and Spanish siempre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsẽ.pɾi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsẽ.pɾi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈsẽ.pɾe/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsẽ.pɾɨ/
* Hyphenation: sem‧pre

### Adverb

sempre (not comparable)
* always (at all times)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sempre
    A terra sempre gira e sempre girará em torno do sol.Earth always spins and will always spin around the sun.
* always (regularly at stated intervals)
    Synonym: regularmente
    Eu sempre como carne no almoço.I always eat meat at lunch.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:sempre.

#### Coordinate terms

* (Frequency adverbs) nunca, raramente, incomumente, de vez em quando/às vezes/ocasionalmente, comumente, frequentemente, sempre

#### Derived terms

* de sempre
* para sempre
* para todo o sempre
* por todo o sempre
* sempre que
* sempre-viva