complemento

See also: complementó

Catalan

Verb

complemento

1. first-person singular present indicative form of complementar

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin complēmentum. Doublet of complimento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kom.pleˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: com‧ple‧mén‧to

Noun

complemento m (plural complementi)

1. (grammar, mathematics, military) complement

Related terms

• complimento
• compiere
• compimento

Latin

Noun

complēmentō

1. dative/ablative singular of complēmentum

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pleˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pleˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.pleˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.plɨˈmẽ.tu/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin complēmentum. Compare the doublets comprimento and cumprimento.

Noun

complemento m (plural complementos)

1. complement (something which combines with something else to make a whole)
2. (grammar) complement (clause needed to complete the meaning of an expression)

Related terms

• complementar
• cumprir

Etymology 2

Verb

complemento

1. first-person singular present indicative of complementar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kompleˈmento/ [kõm.pleˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: com‧ple‧men‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin complēmentum. Compare the inherited doublet cumplimiento.

Noun

complemento m (plural complementos)

1. (grammar, mathematics, music, immunology) complement
2. (grammar) object
3. perfection
4. accessory
5. side-dish

Derived terms

• complemento agente
• complemento directo
• complemento indirecto

 

Related terms

• cumplimiento
• cumplir

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

complemento

1. first-person singular present indicative of complementar

Further reading

• “complemento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014