emprender

== Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *imprehendere, from Latin prehendere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /empɾenˈdeɾ/ [ẽm.pɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ] Rhymes: -eɾ Syllabification: em‧pren‧der === Verb === emprender (first-person singular present emprendo, first-person singular preterite emprendí, past participle emprendido) to undertake, to engage in to take (e.g. actions, steps, initiatives, an approach, a path) to start, to launch, to initiate, to begin (e.g. a project, an investigation, a business venture, a negotiation) to set out on, to set forth on (a journey) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Further reading ==== “emprender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025