procurar
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procurar (first-person singular present procuro, first-person singular preterite procurí, past participle procurat)
From Old Galician-Portuguese procurar, from Late Latin prōcūrāre (“to manage, to administer”), from Latin prāre + cūrō (“to take care; to cure; to manage”). Cognate of English procure.
procurar (first-person singular present procuro, first-person singular preterite procurei, past participle procurado)
This is a false friend of English procure. The Portuguese word means primarily ‘to look for’, while the English word means primarily ‘to obtain’ and can be translated into Portuguese with obter or conseguir.
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Borrowed from Late Latin prōcūrāre (“to manage, to administer”), from Latin prāre + cūrō. Cognate with English procure.
procurar (first-person singular present procuro, first-person singular preterite procuré, past participle procurado)
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive procurar | |||||||
dative | procurarme | procurarte | procurarle, procurarse | procurarnos | procuraros | procurarles, procurarse | |
accusative | procurarme | procurarte | procurarlo, procurarla, procurarse | procurarnos | procuraros | procurarlos, procurarlas, procurarse | |
with gerund procurando | |||||||
dative | procurándome | procurándote | procurándole, procurándose | procurándonos | procurándoos | procurándoles, procurándose | |
accusative | procurándome | procurándote | procurándolo, procurándola, procurándose | procurándonos | procurándoos | procurándolos, procurándolas, procurándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative procura | |||||||
dative | procúrame | procúrate | procúrale | procúranos | not used | procúrales | |
accusative | procúrame | procúrate | procúralo, procúrala | procúranos | not used | procúralos, procúralas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative procurá | |||||||
dative | procurame | procurate | procurale | procuranos | not used | procurales | |
accusative | procurame | procurate | procuralo, procurala | procuranos | not used | procuralos, procuralas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative procure | |||||||
dative | procúreme | not used | procúrele, procúrese | procúrenos | not used | procúreles | |
accusative | procúreme | not used | procúrelo, procúrela, procúrese | procúrenos | not used | procúrelos, procúrelas | |
with first-person plural imperative procuremos | |||||||
dative | not used | procurémoste | procurémosle | procurémonos | procurémoos | procurémosles | |
accusative | not used | procurémoste | procurémoslo, procurémosla | procurémonos | procurémoos | procurémoslos, procurémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative procurad | |||||||
dative | procuradme | not used | procuradle | procuradnos | procuraos | procuradles | |
accusative | procuradme | not used | procuradlo, procuradla | procuradnos | procuraos | procuradlos, procuradlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative procuren | |||||||
dative | procúrenme | not used | procúrenle | procúrennos | not used | procúrenles, procúrense | |
accusative | procúrenme | not used | procúrenlo, procúrenla | procúrennos | not used | procúrenlos, procúrenlas, procúrense |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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