compenetrar

Portuguese

Etymology

From com- +‎ penetrar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pe.neˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [kõ.pe.neˈtɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pe.neˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [kõ.pe.neˈtɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.pe.neˈtɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.pe.neˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [kõ.pe.neˈtɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pe.neˈtɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɨ.nɨˈtɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɨ.nɨˈtɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɨ.nɨˈtɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: com‧pe‧ne‧trar

Verb

compenetrar (first-person singular present compenetro, first-person singular preterite compenetrei, past participle compenetrado)

1. (transitive) to drive in

   Synonym: fincar

2. (transitive, figuratively) to convince, to make aware [with direct object ‘someone’ and de ‘of something’]

   Synonym: convencer

3. (reflexive) to convince oneself [with de ‘of something’]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of compenetrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	compenetrar
Personal	compenetrar	compenetrares	compenetrar	compenetrarmos	compenetrardes	compenetrarem
Gerund
	compenetrando
Past participle
Masculine	compenetrado			compenetrados
Feminine	compenetrada			compenetradas
Indicative
Present	compenetro	compenetras	compenetra	compenetramos	compenetrais	compenetram
Imperfect	compenetrava	compenetravas	compenetrava	compenetrávamos	compenetráveis	compenetravam
Preterite	compenetrei	compenetraste	compenetrou	compenetramos1, compenetrámos2	compenetrastes	compenetraram
Pluperfect	compenetrara	compenetraras	compenetrara	compenetráramos	compenetráreis	compenetraram
Future	compenetrarei	compenetrarás	compenetrará	compenetraremos	compenetrareis	compenetrarão
Conditional	compenetraria	compenetrarias	compenetraria	compenetraríamos	compenetraríeis	compenetrariam
Subjunctive
Present	compenetre	compenetres	compenetre	compenetremos	compenetreis	compenetrem
Imperfect	compenetrasse	compenetrasses	compenetrasse	compenetrássemos	compenetrásseis	compenetrassem
Future	compenetrar	compenetrares	compenetrar	compenetrarmos	compenetrardes	compenetrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		compenetra	compenetre	compenetremos	compenetrai	compenetrem
Negative (não)		não compenetres	não compenetre	não compenetremos	não compenetreis	não compenetrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• compenetrado

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kompeneˈtɾaɾ/ [kõm.pe.neˈt̪ɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: com‧pe‧ne‧trar

Verb

compenetrar (first-person singular present compenetro, first-person singular preterite compenetré, past participle compenetrado)

1. to get along with
   • 2015 July 14, “Los cuñados ganan ‘Pekín Express’”, in El País‎^[1]:

     La tensión y los gritos constituyeron la tónica general de los cuatro finalistas, pero los ganadores demostraron una vez más que se llevaban bien y compenetraban mucho mejor que sus rivales.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (reflexive) to understand or get along with (one another)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of compenetrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			compenetrar
gerund			compenetrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		compenetrado		compenetrada
		plural		compenetrados		compenetradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	compenetro	compenetrastú compenetrásvos	compenetra	compenetramos	compenetráis	compenetran
	imperfect	compenetraba	compenetrabas	compenetraba	compenetrábamos	compenetrabais	compenetraban
	preterite	compenetré	compenetraste	compenetró	compenetramos	compenetrasteis	compenetraron
	future	compenetraré	compenetrarás	compenetrará	compenetraremos	compenetraréis	compenetrarán
	conditional	compenetraría	compenetrarías	compenetraría	compenetraríamos	compenetraríais	compenetrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	compenetre	compenetrestú compenetrésvos2	compenetre	compenetremos	compenetréis	compenetren
	imperfect (ra)	compenetrara	compenetraras	compenetrara	compenetráramos	compenetrarais	compenetraran
	imperfect (se)	compenetrase	compenetrases	compenetrase	compenetrásemos	compenetraseis	compenetrasen
	future1	compenetrare	compenetrares	compenetrare	compenetráremos	compenetrareis	compenetraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		compenetratú compenetrávos	compenetre	compenetremos	compenetrad	compenetren
	negative		no compenetres	no compenetre	no compenetremos	no compenetréis	no compenetren

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of compenetrar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive compenetrar
	dative	compenetrarme	compenetrarte	compenetrarle, compenetrarse	compenetrarnos	compenetraros	compenetrarles, compenetrarse
	accusative	compenetrarme	compenetrarte	compenetrarlo, compenetrarla, compenetrarse	compenetrarnos	compenetraros	compenetrarlos, compenetrarlas, compenetrarse
with gerund compenetrando
	dative	compenetrándome	compenetrándote	compenetrándole, compenetrándose	compenetrándonos	compenetrándoos	compenetrándoles, compenetrándose
	accusative	compenetrándome	compenetrándote	compenetrándolo, compenetrándola, compenetrándose	compenetrándonos	compenetrándoos	compenetrándolos, compenetrándolas, compenetrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative compenetra
	dative	compenétrame	compenétrate	compenétrale	compenétranos	not used	compenétrales
	accusative	compenétrame	compenétrate	compenétralo, compenétrala	compenétranos	not used	compenétralos, compenétralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative compenetrá
	dative	compenetrame	compenetrate	compenetrale	compenetranos	not used	compenetrales
	accusative	compenetrame	compenetrate	compenetralo, compenetrala	compenetranos	not used	compenetralos, compenetralas
with formal second-person singular imperative compenetre
	dative	compenétreme	not used	compenétrele, compenétrese	compenétrenos	not used	compenétreles
	accusative	compenétreme	not used	compenétrelo, compenétrela, compenétrese	compenétrenos	not used	compenétrelos, compenétrelas
with first-person plural imperative compenetremos
	dative	not used	compenetrémoste	compenetrémosle	compenetrémonos	compenetrémoos	compenetrémosles
	accusative	not used	compenetrémoste	compenetrémoslo, compenetrémosla	compenetrémonos	compenetrémoos	compenetrémoslos, compenetrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative compenetrad
	dative	compenetradme	not used	compenetradle	compenetradnos	compenetraos	compenetradles
	accusative	compenetradme	not used	compenetradlo, compenetradla	compenetradnos	compenetraos	compenetradlos, compenetradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative compenetren
	dative	compenétrenme	not used	compenétrenle	compenétrennos	not used	compenétrenles, compenétrense
	accusative	compenétrenme	not used	compenétrenlo, compenétrenla	compenétrennos	not used	compenétrenlos, compenétrenlas, compenétrense

Further reading

• “compenetrarse”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16