compartimentar

Spanish

Etymology

From compartimento +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kompaɾtimenˈtaɾ/ [kõm.paɾ.t̪i.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: com‧par‧ti‧men‧tar

Verb

compartimentar (first-person singular present compartimento, first-person singular preterite compartimenté, past participle compartimentado)

1. (transitive) to compartmentalise
   • 2015 September 28, “Chimenea y un buen libro”, in El País‎^[1]:

     La vivienda —construida en 1856— tiene muchos elementos de los que encapricharse, pero uno destaca sobre todos: la embriagadora galería del primer piso, llena de luz y tonos caoba, compartimentada en varios ambientes mediante sofás y otras muchas piezas de anticuario.

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Conjugation

    Conjugation of compartimentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			compartimentar
gerund			compartimentando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		compartimentado		compartimentada
		plural		compartimentados		compartimentadas
		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	compartimento	compartimentastú compartimentásvos	compartimenta	compartimentamos	compartimentáis	compartimentan
	imperfect	compartimentaba	compartimentabas	compartimentaba	compartimentábamos	compartimentabais	compartimentaban
	preterite	compartimenté	compartimentaste	compartimentó	compartimentamos	compartimentasteis	compartimentaron
	future	compartimentaré	compartimentarás	compartimentará	compartimentaremos	compartimentaréis	compartimentarán
	conditional	compartimentaría	compartimentarías	compartimentaría	compartimentaríamos	compartimentaríais	compartimentarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	compartimente	compartimentestú compartimentésvos2	compartimente	compartimentemos	compartimentéis	compartimenten
	imperfect (ra)	compartimentara	compartimentaras	compartimentara	compartimentáramos	compartimentarais	compartimentaran
	imperfect (se)	compartimentase	compartimentases	compartimentase	compartimentásemos	compartimentaseis	compartimentasen
	future1	compartimentare	compartimentares	compartimentare	compartimentáremos	compartimentareis	compartimentaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		compartimentatú compartimentávos	compartimente	compartimentemos	compartimentad	compartimenten
	negative		no compartimentes	no compartimente	no compartimentemos	no compartimentéis	no compartimenten

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

    Selected combined forms of compartimentar

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 compartimentar
	dative	compartimentarme	compartimentarte	compartimentarle, compartimentarse	compartimentarnos	compartimentaros	compartimentarles, compartimentarse
	accusative	compartimentarme	compartimentarte	compartimentarlo, compartimentarla, compartimentarse	compartimentarnos	compartimentaros	compartimentarlos, compartimentarlas, compartimentarse
with gerund compartimentando
	dative	compartimentándome	compartimentándote	compartimentándole, compartimentándose	compartimentándonos	compartimentándoos	compartimentándoles, compartimentándose
	accusative	compartimentándome	compartimentándote	compartimentándolo, compartimentándola, compartimentándose	compartimentándonos	compartimentándoos	compartimentándolos, compartimentándolas, compartimentándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative compartimenta
	dative	compartiméntame	compartiméntate	compartiméntale	compartiméntanos	not used	compartiméntales
	accusative	compartiméntame	compartiméntate	compartiméntalo, compartiméntala	compartiméntanos	not used	compartiméntalos, compartiméntalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative compartimentá
	dative	compartimentame	compartimentate	compartimentale	compartimentanos	not used	compartimentales
	accusative	compartimentame	compartimentate	compartimentalo, compartimentala	compartimentanos	not used	compartimentalos, compartimentalas
with formal second-person singular imperative compartimente
	dative	compartiménteme	not used	compartiméntele, compartiméntese	compartiméntenos	not used	compartiménteles
	accusative	compartiménteme	not used	compartiméntelo, compartiméntela, compartiméntese	compartiméntenos	not used	compartiméntelos, compartiméntelas
with first-person plural imperative compartimentemos
	dative	not used	compartimentémoste	compartimentémosle	compartimentémonos	compartimentémoos	compartimentémosles
	accusative	not used	compartimentémoste	compartimentémoslo, compartimentémosla	compartimentémonos	compartimentémoos	compartimentémoslos, compartimentémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative compartimentad
	dative	compartimentadme	not used	compartimentadle	compartimentadnos	compartimentaos	compartimentadles
	accusative	compartimentadme	not used	compartimentadlo, compartimentadla	compartimentadnos	compartimentaos	compartimentadlos, compartimentadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative compartimenten
	dative	compartiméntenme	not used	compartiméntenle	compartiméntennos	not used	compartiméntenles, compartiméntense
	accusative	compartiméntenme	not used	compartiméntenlo, compartiméntenla	compartiméntennos	not used	compartiméntenlos, compartiméntenlas, compartiméntense

Derived terms

• compartimentación

 

Further reading

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