# empreendedor
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From empreender +‎ -dor.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾe.ẽ.deˈdoʁ/ [ẽ.pɾe.ẽ.deˈdoh], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.ẽ.deˈdoʁ/ [ĩ.pɾe.ẽ.deˈdoh], (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾi.ẽ.deˈdoʁ/ [ẽ.pɾɪ.ẽ.deˈdoh], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾjẽ.deˈdoʁ/ [ẽ.pɾjẽ.deˈdoh], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾi.ẽ.deˈdoʁ/ [ĩ.pɾɪ.ẽ.deˈdoh], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾjẽ.deˈdoʁ/ [ĩ.pɾjẽ.deˈdoh]
* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾe.ẽ.deˈdoʁ/ [ẽ.pɾe.ẽ.deˈdoh], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.ẽ.deˈdoʁ/ [ĩ.pɾe.ẽ.deˈdoh], (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾi.ẽ.deˈdoʁ/ [ẽ.pɾɪ.ẽ.deˈdoh], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾjẽ.deˈdoʁ/ [ẽ.pɾjẽ.deˈdoh], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾi.ẽ.deˈdoʁ/ [ĩ.pɾɪ.ẽ.deˈdoh], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾjẽ.deˈdoʁ/ [ĩ.pɾjẽ.deˈdoh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾe.ẽ.deˈdoɾ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.ẽ.deˈdoɾ/, (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾi.ẽ.deˈdoɾ/ [ẽ.pɾɪ.ẽ.deˈdoɾ], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾjẽ.deˈdoɾ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾi.ẽ.deˈdoɾ/ [ĩ.pɾɪ.ẽ.deˈdoɾ], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾjẽ.deˈdoɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾe.ẽ.deˈdoʁ/ [ẽ.pɾe.ẽ.deˈdoχ], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.ẽ.deˈdoʁ/ [ĩ.pɾe.ẽ.deˈdoχ], (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾi.ẽ.deˈdoʁ/ [ẽ.pɾɪ.ẽ.deˈdoχ], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾjẽ.deˈdoʁ/ [ẽ.pɾjẽ.deˈdoχ], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾi.ẽ.deˈdoʁ/ [ĩ.pɾɪ.ẽ.deˈdoχ], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾjẽ.deˈdoʁ/ [ĩ.pɾjẽ.deˈdoχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾe.ẽ.deˈdoɻ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.ẽ.deˈdoɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.pɾi.ẽ.dɨˈdoɾ/ [ẽ.pɾi.ẽ.dɨˈðoɾ], (faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾjẽ.dɨˈdoɾ/ [ẽ.pɾjẽ.dɨˈðoɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.pɾi.ẽ.dɨˈdoɾ/ [ẽ.pɾi.ẽ.dɨˈðoɾ], (faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾjẽ.dɨˈdoɾ/ [ẽ.pɾjẽ.dɨˈðoɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.pɾi.ẽ.dɨˈdo.ɾi/ [ẽ.pɾi.ẽ.dɨˈðo.ɾi], (faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pɾjẽ.dɨˈdo.ɾi/ [ẽ.pɾjẽ.dɨˈðo.ɾi]
* Rhymes: -oʁ, -oɾ
* Hyphenation: em‧pre‧en‧de‧dor

### Adjective

empreendedor (feminine empreendedora, masculine plural empreendedores, feminine plural empreendedoras)
* entrepreneurial (who has the initiative to start new projects, even when facing obstacles or difficulties)
** 2020, Tom Farias, José do Patrocínio: a pena da Abolição‎, →ISBN:Em linhas gerais, pelo histórico do personagem, sua importância no contexto da luta pela abolição da escravatura, seu papel decididamente empreendedor, tecnológico e como ser humano, que se bateu pelas nobres causas humanitárias, é de todo urgente que reapresentemos esta trabalho, agora com uma outra roupagem textual, outra dimensão editorial, além de revisto, corrigido e aumentado.In general terms, given the character's history, his importance in the context of the struggle for the abolition of slavery, his decidedly entrepreneurial, technological role and as a human being, who fought for noble humanitarian causes, it is absolutely urgent that we re-present this work, now with a different textual guise, another editorial dimension, in addition to being revised, corrected and expanded.
* active, dynamic, energetic
* bold

### Noun

empreendedor m (plural empreendedores, feminine empreendedora, feminine plural empreendedoras)
* entrepreneur (person who undertakes)

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:empreendedor.

### Further reading

* “empreendedor” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “empreendedor”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “empreendedor”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “empreendedor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025