remunerar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin remūnerāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.mu.nəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.mu.neˈɾaɾ]

Verb

remunerar (first-person singular present remunero, first-person singular preterite remunerí, past participle remunerat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to remunerate

   Synonym: recompensar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of remunerar (first conjugation)

infinitive			remunerar
gerund			remunerant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		remunerat		remunerada
		plural		remunerats		remunerades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	remunero	remuneres	remunera	remunerem	remunereu	remuneren
	imperfect	remunerava	remuneraves	remunerava	remuneràvem	remuneràveu	remuneraven
	future	remuneraré	remuneraràs	remunerarà	remunerarem	remunerareu	remuneraran
	preterite	remunerí	remunerares	remunerà	remuneràrem	remuneràreu	remuneraren
	conditional	remuneraria	remuneraries	remuneraria	remuneraríem	remuneraríeu	remunerarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	remuneri	remuneris	remuneri	remunerem	remunereu	remunerin
	imperfect	remunerés	remuneressis	remunerés	remuneréssim	remuneréssiu	remuneressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	remunera	remuneri	remunerem	remunereu	remunerin
	negative (no)	—	no remuneris	no remuneri	no remunerem	no remunereu	no remunerin

Related terms

• remunerable
• remuneració
• remunerador
• remuneratiu
• remuneratori

Further reading

• “remunerar”, 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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin remūnerāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.mu.neˈɾa(ʁ)/ [he.mu.neˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.mu.neˈɾa(ʁ)/ [he.mu.neˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.mu.neˈɾa(ɾ)/ [he.mu.neˈɾa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.mu.neˈɾa(ʁ)/ [χe.mu.neˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁe.mu.neˈɾa(ɻ)/ [he.mu.neˈɾa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.mu.nɨˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.mu.nɨˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.mu.nɨˈɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: re‧mu‧ne‧rar

Verb

remunerar (first-person singular present remunero, first-person singular preterite remunerei, past participle remunerado)

1. to remunerate
2. to compensate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of remunerar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	remunerar
Personal	remunerar	remunerares	remunerar	remunerarmos	remunerardes	remunerarem
Gerund
	remunerando
Past participle
Masculine	remunerado			remunerados
Feminine	remunerada			remuneradas
Indicative
Present	remunero	remuneras	remunera	remuneramos	remunerais	remuneram
Imperfect	remunerava	remuneravas	remunerava	remunerávamos	remuneráveis	remuneravam
Preterite	remunerei	remuneraste	remunerou	remuneramos1, remunerámos2	remunerastes	remuneraram
Pluperfect	remunerara	remuneraras	remunerara	remuneráramos	remuneráreis	remuneraram
Future	remunerarei	remunerarás	remunerará	remuneraremos	remunerareis	remunerarão
Conditional	remuneraria	remunerarias	remuneraria	remuneraríamos	remuneraríeis	remunerariam
Subjunctive
Present	remunere	remuneres	remunere	remuneremos	remunereis	remunerem
Imperfect	remunerasse	remunerasses	remunerasse	remunerássemos	remunerásseis	remunerassem
Future	remunerar	remunerares	remunerar	remunerarmos	remunerardes	remunerarem
Imperative
Affirmative		remunera	remunere	remuneremos	remunerai	remunerem
Negative (não)		não remuneres	não remunere	não remuneremos	não remunereis	não remunerem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• remuneração
• remunerador

Further reading

• “remunerar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “remunerar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin remūnerāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /remuneˈɾaɾ/ [re.mu.neˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧mu‧ne‧rar

Verb

remunerar (first-person singular present remunero, first-person singular preterite remuneré, past participle remunerado)

1. to remunerate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of remunerar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			remunerar
gerund			remunerando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		remunerado		remunerada
		plural		remunerados		remuneradas
		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	remunero	remunerastú remunerásvos	remunera	remuneramos	remuneráis	remuneran
	imperfect	remuneraba	remunerabas	remuneraba	remunerábamos	remunerabais	remuneraban
	preterite	remuneré	remuneraste	remuneró	remuneramos	remunerasteis	remuneraron
	future	remuneraré	remunerarás	remunerará	remuneraremos	remuneraréis	remunerarán
	conditional	remuneraría	remunerarías	remuneraría	remuneraríamos	remuneraríais	remunerarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	remunere	remunerestú remunerésvos2	remunere	remuneremos	remuneréis	remuneren
	imperfect (ra)	remunerara	remuneraras	remunerara	remuneráramos	remunerarais	remuneraran
	imperfect (se)	remunerase	remunerases	remunerase	remunerásemos	remuneraseis	remunerasen
	future1	remunerare	remunerares	remunerare	remuneráremos	remunerareis	remuneraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		remuneratú remunerávos	remunere	remuneremos	remunerad	remuneren
	negative		no remuneres	no remunere	no remuneremos	no remuneréis	no remuneren

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

    Selected combined forms of remunerar

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 remunerar	dative	remunerarme	remunerarte	remunerarle, remunerarse	remunerarnos	remuneraros	remunerarles, remunerarse
	accusative	remunerarme	remunerarte	remunerarlo, remunerarla, remunerarse	remunerarnos	remuneraros	remunerarlos, remunerarlas, remunerarse
with gerund remunerando	dative	remunerándome	remunerándote	remunerándole, remunerándose	remunerándonos	remunerándoos	remunerándoles, remunerándose
	accusative	remunerándome	remunerándote	remunerándolo, remunerándola, remunerándose	remunerándonos	remunerándoos	remunerándolos, remunerándolas, remunerándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative remunera	dative	remunérame	remunérate	remunérale	remunéranos	not used	remunérales
	accusative	remunérame	remunérate	remunéralo, remunérala	remunéranos	not used	remunéralos, remunéralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative remunerá	dative	remunerame	remunerate	remunerale	remuneranos	not used	remunerales
	accusative	remunerame	remunerate	remuneralo, remunerala	remuneranos	not used	remuneralos, remuneralas
with formal second-person singular imperative remunere	dative	remunéreme	not used	remunérele, remunérese	remunérenos	not used	remunéreles
	accusative	remunéreme	not used	remunérelo, remunérela, remunérese	remunérenos	not used	remunérelos, remunérelas
with first-person plural imperative remuneremos	dative	not used	remunerémoste	remunerémosle	remunerémonos	remunerémoos	remunerémosles
	accusative	not used	remunerémoste	remunerémoslo, remunerémosla	remunerémonos	remunerémoos	remunerémoslos, remunerémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative remunerad	dative	remuneradme	not used	remuneradle	remuneradnos	remuneraos	remuneradles
	accusative	remuneradme	not used	remuneradlo, remuneradla	remuneradnos	remuneraos	remuneradlos, remuneradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative remuneren	dative	remunérenme	not used	remunérenle	remunérennos	not used	remunérenles, remunérense
	accusative	remunérenme	not used	remunérenlo, remunérenla	remunérennos	not used	remunérenlos, remunérenlas, remunérense

Related terms

• remuneración
• remunerador

Further reading

• “remunerar”, 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