Usage Note
Prar is a dialectal or colloquial clipping of comprar (to buy), attested mainly in informal rural speech and some historical texts. It is not used in standard written Spanish; learners should use comprar in all formal and most informal contexts.
Examples
"Fui a prar pan al mercado."
Natural Translation
I went to buy bread at the market.
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