procura

See also: procurá

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [pɾuˈku.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [pɾoˈku.ɾa]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from procurar.

Noun

procura f (plural procures)

1. proxy

   Synonym: procuració

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

procura

1. inflection of procurar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “procura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.ky.ʁa/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

procura

1. third-person singular past historic of procurer

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /proˈku.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: pro‧cù‧ra

Etymology 1

From procurare.

Noun

procura f (plural procure)

1. power of attorney, proxy

   Synonyms: mandato, delega

2. letter of attorney, warrant of attorney

   Synonyms: mandato, delega

3. public prosecutor's office

Related terms

• procuratore
• procurare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

procura

1. inflection of procurare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [proːˈkuː.raː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [proˈkuː.ra]

Verb

prōcūrā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of prōcūrō

References

• "procura", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈku.ɾɐ/, /pɾuˈku.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɔˈku.ɾɐ/

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: pro‧cu‧ra

Etymology 1

From procurar (“to look for”).

Noun

procura f (plural procuras)

1. search (an attempt to find something)

   Synonym: busca

2. pursuit (act of pursuing a goal)

   Synonym: busca

3. (economics) demand (amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price)

   Synonym: demanda

   Antonym: oferta

Derived terms

• lei da oferta e da procura

Related terms

• procurante
• procurar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

procura

1. inflection of procurar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “procura”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “procura”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “procura” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “procura”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “procura”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “procura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-

Proto-Italic *pro-

Latin prō-

Proto-Italic *kʷoizā

Latin cūra

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin cūrō

Latin prōcūrāre

French procurerbor.

Romanian procura

Borrowed from French procurer, from Latin prōcūrāre.

Verb

a procura (third-person singular present procură, past participle procurat, third-person subjunctive procure) 1st conjugation

1. to procure

Conjugation

    conjugation of procura (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a procura
gerund			procurând
past participle			procurat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	procur	procuri	procură	procurăm	procurați	procură
	imperfect	procuram	procurai	procura	procuram	procurați	procurau
	simple perfect	procurai	procurași	procură	procurarăm	procurarăți	procurară
	pluperfect	procurasem	procuraseși	procurase	procuraserăm	procuraserăți	procuraseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să procur	să procuri	să procure	să procurăm	să procurați	să procure
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		procură			procurați
	negative		nu procura			nu procurați

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈkuɾa/ [pɾoˈku.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: pro‧cu‧ra

Etymology 1

Deverbal from procurar.

Noun

procura f (plural procuras)

1. procural, procurement
2. procuratorship, attorneyship

Related terms

• cura
• curar
• procurar

Etymology 2

Verb

procura

1. inflection of procurar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “procura”, 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