compensar
Catalan[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin compēnsāre, present active infinitive of compēnsō, from com- (“together”) + pēnsō (“I weigh”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /kom.pənˈsa/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kum.pənˈsa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kom.penˈsaɾ/
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb[edit]
compensar (first-person singular present compenso, past participle compensat)
- (transitive) to compensate
Conjugation[edit]
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 terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “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, 2022
- “compensar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin compensāre (“weight together one thing against another, balance, make good, later also shorten, spare”), present active infinitive of compensō, from com- (“together”) + pensō (“weigh”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.pẽ.ˈsa(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: com‧pen‧sar
Verb[edit]
compensar (first-person singular present indicative compenso, past participle compensado)
- (transitive) to pay, pay off, be worthwhile or profitable
- Synonym: valer a pena
- (transitive) to compensate
- Synonyms: indenizar, recompensar, remunerar, reparar
- first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of compensar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of compensar
- first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of compensar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of compensar
Conjugation[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “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, 2003–2022.
- “compensar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “compensar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin compensāre, present active infinitive of compensō, from com- (“together”) + pensō (“weigh”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
compensar (first-person singular present compenso, first-person singular preterite compensé, past participle compensado)
- (transitive) to compensate
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Conjugation[edit]
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “compensar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Catalan terms borrowed from Latin
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- Catalan 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)
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- Catalan lemmas
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- Catalan transitive verbs
- Catalan first conjugation verbs
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
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- Spanish terms borrowed from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
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- Spanish verbs
- Spanish verbs ending in -ar
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