buy

Inglés

buy
Received Pronunciation, General American, Standard Canadian (AFI)	/baɪ/ Londresⓘ Londresⓘ Californiaⓘ Texasⓘ Connecticutⓘ
Australia (AFI)	/bɑe/
Nueva Zelanda (AFI)	/baɪ/ [bɑe̯]
longitud silábica	monosílaba

Etimología 1

Del inglés medio byen, a su vez del inglés antiguo bycġan, del protogermánico *bugjanan, de origen incierto, quizás del protoindoeuropeo *bʰeuǵʰ- (compárese el sánscrito भुजति (bhujati), "torcer"). Cognado del gótico 𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽, el nórdico antiguo byggja, el bajo alemán antiguo buggian y el escocés by.

Verbo transitivo

1

Comprar.

• Sinónimos: acquire, purchase.

2

Sobornar.

• Sinónimo: bribe.

3

Creer, aceptar, conceder una premisa o proposición.

• Uso: coloquial
• Sinónimo: fall for.

Sustantivo

buy ¦ plural: buys

4

Compra, adquisición.

Compuestos

• buy-back
• buy-in
• buy-to-let

Locuciones

Locuciones con «buy» [▲▼]

• buy a brush
• buy and sell
• buy a pig in a poke
• buy in
• buy into
• buy money
• buy off
• buy out
• buy over
• buy over a person's head
• buy the bargain
• buy the farm
• buy up

Conjugación

Conjugación de buy (bought, bought)  (irregular) [▲▼]

Formas no personales (verboides)
Infinitivo	buy
Gerundio	buying
Participio	bought, boughten†
Formas personales
Modo indicativo
	I	you	he, she, it	we, you, they
Presente	I buy	you buy, buyest†	he, she, it buys, buyeth†	we, you, they buy
Pretérito	I bought	you bought	he, she, it bought	we, you, they bought
Pretérito compuesto	I have bought, have boughten†	you have bought, have boughten†	he, she, it has bought, has boughten†	we, you, they have bought, have boughten†
Pretérito pluscuamperfecto	I had bought, had boughten†	you had bought, had boughten†	he, she, it had bought, had boughten†	we, you, they had bought, had boughten†
Futuro	I will bought, will boughten†	you will bought, will boughten†	he, she, it will bought, will boughten†	we, you, they will bought, will boughten†
Futuro compuesto	I will have bought, will have boughten†	you will have bought, will have boughten†	he, she, it will have bought, will have boughten†	we, you, they will have bought, will have boughten†
Modo condicional
	I	you	he, she, it	we, you, they
Condicional simple	I would bought, would boughten†	you would bought, would boughten†	he, she, it would bought, would boughten†	we, you, they would bought, would boughten†
Condicional compuesto	I would have bought, would have boughten†	you would have bought, would have boughten†	he, she, it would have bought, would have boughten†	we, you, they would have bought, would have boughten†
Modo subjuntivo
	I	you	he, she, it	we, you, they
Presente	I buy	you buy	he, she, it buy	we, you, they buy
Pretérito	I bought	you bought	he, she, it bought	we, you, they bought
Modo imperativo
	―	(you)	―	(we)
Presente	― ―	(you) buy	― ―	(we) let's buy
Leyenda: † arcaico, x no normativo, ■ cambio ortográfico, ■ irregularidad