compensar
CatalanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin compēnsāre, present active infinitive of compēnsō, from com- (“together”) + pēnsō (“I weigh”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /kom.pənˈsa/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kum.pənˈsa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kom.penˈsaɾ/
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
VerbEdit
compensar (first-person singular present compenso, past participle compensat)
- (transitive) to compensate
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | compensar | ||||||
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present participle | compensant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | compensat | compensada | |||||
plural | compensats | compensades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | compenso | compenses | compensa | compensem | compenseu | compensen | |
imperfect | compensava | compensaves | compensava | compensàvem | compensàveu | compensaven | |
future | compensaré | compensaràs | compensarà | compensarem | compensareu | compensaran | |
preterite | compensí | compensares | compensà | compensàrem | compensàreu | compensaren | |
conditional | compensaria | compensaries | compensaria | compensaríem | compensaríeu | compensarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | compensi | compensis | compensi | compensem | compenseu | compensin | |
imperfect | compensés | compensessis | compensés | compenséssim | compenséssiu | compensessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
— | compensa | compensi | compensem | compenseu | compensin |
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “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, 2023
- “compensar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin compensāre (“to weight together one thing against another, to balance, to make good, later also to shorten, to spare”), from com- (“together”) + pensō (“weigh”).
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: com‧pen‧sar
VerbEdit
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
- inflection of compensar:
ConjugationEdit
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2Portugal.
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “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, 2003–2023.
- “compensar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “compensar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin compensāre, present active infinitive of compensō, from com- (“together”) + pensō (“weigh”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
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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ConjugationEdit
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “compensar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014