compensar
Catalan
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin compēnsāre, from com- (“together”) + pēnsō (“to weigh”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [kum.pənˈsa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kom.pənˈsa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [kom.penˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
editcompensar (first-person singular present compenso, first-person singular preterite compensí, past participle compensat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (transitive) to compensate
Conjugation
editRelated terms
editFurther 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
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editcompensar (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
edit1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “compensar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “compensar” in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “compensar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “compensar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “compensar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “compensar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin compēnsāre, from com- (“together”) + pensō (“weigh”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcompensar (first-person singular present compenso, first-person singular preterite compensé, past participle compensado)
- (transitive) to compensate, make up for
- (transitive) to compensate, remunerate
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Conjugation
editThese forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “compensar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)
- Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)/3 syllables
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- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ
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