compensar
Catalan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin compēnsāre, from com- (“together”) + pēnsō (“to weigh”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [kum.pənˈsa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kom.pənˈsa]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [kom.penˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb edit
compensar (first-person singular present compenso, first-person singular preterite compensí, past participle compensat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (transitive) to compensate
Conjugation edit
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Further reading edit
- “compensar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “compensar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “compensar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “compensar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin compēnsāre (“to weight together one thing against another, to balance, to make good, later also to shorten, to spare”), from com- (“together”) + pensō (“weigh”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: com‧pen‧sar
Verb edit
compensar (first-person singular present compenso, first-person singular preterite compensei, past participle compensado)
- (transitive) to pay, pay off, be worthwhile or profitable
- Synonym: valer a pena
- (transitive) to compensate
- Synonyms: indenizar, recompensar, remunerar, reparar
Conjugation edit
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “compensar” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “compensar” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “compensar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “compensar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “compensar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “compensar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin compēnsāre, from com- (“together”) + pensō (“weigh”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
compensar (first-person singular present compenso, first-person singular preterite compensé, past participle compensado)
- (transitive) to compensate, make up for
- (transitive) to compensate, remunerate
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Conjugation edit
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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Further reading edit
- “compensar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014