comprometer
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin comprōmittere, likely a borrowing reshaped by analogy with meter.[1][2] The sense of putting something at risk comes from French compromettre.[3]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: com‧pro‧me‧ter
Verb[edit]
comprometer (first-person singular present comprometo, first-person singular preterite comprometi, past participle comprometido)
- to commit, to engage
- to compromise, to jeopardize
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of comprometer (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
References[edit]
- ^ “comprometer” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “comprometer” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- ^ Ciberdúvidas: Comprometer, um antigo galicismo
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin comprōmittō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
comprometer (first-person singular present comprometo, first-person singular preterite comprometí, past participle comprometido)
- (transitive, reflexive) to promise, to engage to be married
- (transitive, reflexive) to compromise, to endanger
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of comprometer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of comprometer
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “comprometer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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