Similar words
companhia
companhia is broader, and can include non-business companies, like a theater company; empresa specifically means a business enterprise.
Similar in other languages
Spanish
compañía
compañía is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "company."
Spanish
empresa
empresa is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "company."
French
compagnie
compagnie is the French word for the same thing — both mean "company."
Practice
1 What does empresa mean?
company
2 Fill the gap: Trabalho numa ___ grande.
Full sentence: Trabalho numa empresa grande. (I work at a big company.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches empresa?
empresa: neutral register, core frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.