compaginar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin compagināre. First attested in 1803.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [kum.pə.ʒiˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kom.pə.ʒiˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kom.pa.d͡ʒiˈnaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [kom.pa.ʒiˈna]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

compaginar (first-person singular present compagino, first-person singular preterite compaginí, past participle compaginat)

1. (transitive, figurative) to balance, to combine
2. (reflexive) to be compatible, to match, to fit with, to mesh with

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of compaginar (first conjugation)

infinitive			compaginar
gerund			compaginant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		compaginat		compaginada
		plural		compaginats		compaginades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	compagino	compagines	compagina	compaginem	compagineu	compaginen
	imperfect	compaginava	compaginaves	compaginava	compaginàvem	compaginàveu	compaginaven
	future	compaginaré	compaginaràs	compaginarà	compaginarem	compaginareu	compaginaran
	preterite	compaginí	compaginares	compaginà	compaginàrem	compaginàreu	compaginaren
	conditional	compaginaria	compaginaries	compaginaria	compaginaríem	compaginaríeu	compaginarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	compagini	compaginis	compagini	compaginem	compagineu	compaginin
	imperfect	compaginés	compaginessis	compaginés	compaginéssim	compaginéssiu	compaginessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	compagina	compagini	compaginem	compagineu	compaginin
	negative (no)	—	no compaginis	no compagini	no compaginem	no compagineu	no compaginin

Derived terms

• compaginable
• compaginació
• compaginador
• compaginat

Further reading

• “compaginar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “compaginar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “compaginar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin compagināre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kompaxiˈnaɾ/ [kõm.pa.xiˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: com‧pa‧gi‧nar

Verb

compaginar (first-person singular present compagino, first-person singular preterite compaginé, past participle compaginado)

1. (transitive) to collate
2. (figurative, transitive, also pronominal) to agree with; to match

   Compaginar los estudios y las actividades extraescolares es complicado.

   It is hard to be successful at both study and club activities.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of compaginar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			compaginar
gerund			compaginando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		compaginado		compaginada
		plural		compaginados		compaginadas
		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	compagino	compaginastú compaginásvos	compagina	compaginamos	compagináis	compaginan
	imperfect	compaginaba	compaginabas	compaginaba	compaginábamos	compaginabais	compaginaban
	preterite	compaginé	compaginaste	compaginó	compaginamos	compaginasteis	compaginaron
	future	compaginaré	compaginarás	compaginará	compaginaremos	compaginaréis	compaginarán
	conditional	compaginaría	compaginarías	compaginaría	compaginaríamos	compaginaríais	compaginarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	compagine	compaginestú compaginésvos2	compagine	compaginemos	compaginéis	compaginen
	imperfect (ra)	compaginara	compaginaras	compaginara	compagináramos	compaginarais	compaginaran
	imperfect (se)	compaginase	compaginases	compaginase	compaginásemos	compaginaseis	compaginasen
	future1	compaginare	compaginares	compaginare	compagináremos	compaginareis	compaginaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		compaginatú compaginávos	compagine	compaginemos	compaginad	compaginen
	negative		no compagines	no compagine	no compaginemos	no compaginéis	no compaginen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of compaginar

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 compaginar	dative	compaginarme	compaginarte	compaginarle, compaginarse	compaginarnos	compaginaros	compaginarles, compaginarse
	accusative	compaginarme	compaginarte	compaginarlo, compaginarla, compaginarse	compaginarnos	compaginaros	compaginarlos, compaginarlas, compaginarse
with gerund compaginando	dative	compaginándome	compaginándote	compaginándole, compaginándose	compaginándonos	compaginándoos	compaginándoles, compaginándose
	accusative	compaginándome	compaginándote	compaginándolo, compaginándola, compaginándose	compaginándonos	compaginándoos	compaginándolos, compaginándolas, compaginándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative compagina	dative	compagíname	compagínate	compagínale	compagínanos	not used	compagínales
	accusative	compagíname	compagínate	compagínalo, compagínala	compagínanos	not used	compagínalos, compagínalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative compaginá	dative	compaginame	compaginate	compaginale	compaginanos	not used	compaginales
	accusative	compaginame	compaginate	compaginalo, compaginala	compaginanos	not used	compaginalos, compaginalas
with formal second-person singular imperative compagine	dative	compagíneme	not used	compagínele, compagínese	compagínenos	not used	compagíneles
	accusative	compagíneme	not used	compagínelo, compagínela, compagínese	compagínenos	not used	compagínelos, compagínelas
with first-person plural imperative compaginemos	dative	not used	compaginémoste	compaginémosle	compaginémonos	compaginémoos	compaginémosles
	accusative	not used	compaginémoste	compaginémoslo, compaginémosla	compaginémonos	compaginémoos	compaginémoslos, compaginémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative compaginad	dative	compaginadme	not used	compaginadle	compaginadnos	compaginaos	compaginadles
	accusative	compaginadme	not used	compaginadlo, compaginadla	compaginadnos	compaginaos	compaginadlos, compaginadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative compaginen	dative	compagínenme	not used	compagínenle	compagínennos	not used	compagínenles, compagínense
	accusative	compagínenme	not used	compagínenlo, compagínenla	compagínennos	not used	compagínenlos, compagínenlas, compagínense

Related terms

• compaginación

Further reading

• “compaginar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025