empregar

== Galician == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese empregar, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin implicāre (“to entangle”). Doublet of implicar. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aɾ Hyphenation: em‧pre‧gar === Verb === empregar (first-person singular present emprego, first-person singular preterite empreguei, past participle empregado) to employ (to give someone a job) Synonym: contratar to employ; to make use of (to put into use) Synonyms: usar, utilizar (archaic) to put to good use (Can we verify(+) this sense?) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “empregar”, 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), “empregar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Alternative forms === enplegar, ẽpregar === Etymology === Semi-learned borrowing from Latin implicāre (“to entangle”). === Verb === empregar to employ; to use Synonym: usar to put to good use ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Galician: empregar Portuguese: empregar === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “empregar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “empregar”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “empregar”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “empregar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese empregar, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin implicāre (“to entangle”). Doublet of implicar. ==== Pronunciation ==== Hyphenation: em‧pre‧gar ==== Verb ==== empregar (first-person singular present emprego, first-person singular preterite empreguei, past participle empregado) to employ (to give someone a job) Synonym: contratar Antonyms: demitir, despedir, exonerar, destituir to employ; to make use of (to put into use) Synonyms: usar, utilizar, fazer uso, aproveitar, aplicar ===== Usage notes ===== A short past participle form empregue is sometimes also used in European Portuguese and informal Brazilian Portuguese, though this is considered nonstandard. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From em- + prega (“fold, crease”) + -ar. ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Verb ==== empregar (first-person singular present emprego, first-person singular preterite empreguei, past participle empregado) to fold, to pleat (Beira, regional) to become paralyzed ===== Conjugation ===== === Further reading === “empregar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “empregar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026