cumprir

== Galician == === Alternative forms === comprir === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese comprir (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *complīre, from Latin complēre. The retention of /pl/ is unusual and perhaps reflects some form of conservative tendency. Cf. encher < implēre for the more usual outcome. Compare Portuguese cumprir, Spanish cumplir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kumˈpɾiɾ/ === Verb === cumprir (first-person singular present cumpro, first-person singular preterite cumprín, past participle cumprido) cumprir (first-person singular present cumpro, first-person singular preterite cumprim or cumpri, past participle cumprido, reintegrationist norm) (transitive or intransitive) to carry out, to do, to perform [transitive or with (somewhat formal) con ‘a task’] (transitive) to fulfil (transitive) to accomplish (pronominal) to come true, to be fulfilled (transitive) to finish a period of time (of cows) to finish the pregnancy ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== comprimento === Verb === cumprir (third-person only, third-person singular present cómpre, third-person singular preterite cumpriu, past participle cumprido)cumprir (third-person only, third-person singular present cumpre, third-person singular preterite cumpriu, past participle cumprido, reintegrationist norm) (impersonal) to be necessary or advisable Cómpre que deixemos de emitir CO2 ― It is necessary that we stop emitting CO2 (pronominal) to need, must Cómpreche facer exercicio ― You must exercise ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “comprir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “conprir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “cumprir” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cumprir”, 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), “cumprir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cumprir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *complīre, from Latin complēre. The retention of /pl/ is unusual and perhaps reflects some form of conservative tendency. Cf. encher < implēre for the more usual outcome. Compare Galician cumprir, Spanish cumplir. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: cum‧prir === Verb === cumprir (first-person singular present cumpro, first-person singular preterite cumpri, past participle cumprido) (transitive or intransitive) to carry out, to do, to perform [transitive or with (somewhat formal) com ‘a task’] (transitive) to fulfil (transitive) to accomplish (pronominal) to come true, to be fulfilled ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Antonyms ==== descumpir incumprir ==== Related terms ==== cumprimento comprimento complemento completo === References === “cumprir”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “cumprir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “cumprir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026