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comprar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • buy verb To get something by paying money for it.
  • pay verb To give money in exchange for goods, services, or work.
  • purchase verb To buy something by paying money for it.

Senses

comprar is used for these senses in English:

  • buy (transitive, archaic) To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).
  • buy (transitive, informal) to accept as true; to believe
  • buy into (idiomatic) To believe (something, especially something implausible); to accept (a craze, fad, or notion) as valid.
  • pay (ambitransitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
  • purchase To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.

buy — full definition

  1. verb To get something by paying money for it.
  2. verb To accept something as true or believable.
  3. noun Something purchased, especially a good deal.

pay — full definition

  1. verb To give money in exchange for goods, services, or work.
  2. verb To be worthwhile or profitable.
  3. noun Money received for work; wages or salary.

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