compreender
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
- comprehender (obsolete)
- comprender (obsolete, now an occasional misspelling)
Etymology edit
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin comprehendere (“to grasp”). Cf. the older variant comprehender, as well as the inherited comprender. The latter was likely modified into its current form to more closely reflect the Latin etymology.
Pronunciation edit
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [kõ.pɾe.ẽˈde(h)], /kõ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [kõ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(h)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.pɾjẽˈde(ʁ)/ [kõ.pɾjẽˈde(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ɾ)/, /kõ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ɾ)/ [kõ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.pɾjẽˈde(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [kõ.pɾe.ẽˈde(χ)], /kõ.pɾi.ẽˈde(ʁ)/ [kõ.pɾɪ.ẽˈde(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.pɾjẽˈde(ʁ)/ [kõ.pɾjẽˈde(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: com‧pre‧en‧der
Verb edit
compreender (first-person singular present compreendo, first-person singular preterite compreendi, past participle compreendido)
- (transitive) to understand; to comprehend
- Eu compreendo seus motivos, mas eles não justificam seus atos.
- I understand your reasons, but they don't justify your acts.
- (transitive) to understand; to get (to know how a person feels)
- Meus pais nunca me compreenderam.
- My parents never understood me.
- (transitive) to include; to encompass; to comprise
- Esta lista compreende todos os ingredientes para o bolo de aniversário.
- This list includes all the ingredients for the birthday's cake.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of compreender (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Synonyms edit
- (to comprehend): entender
- (to get someone): entender
- (to include): incluir, incorporar