compasar

Spanish

Alternative forms

• acompasar
• compasear (music)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kompaˈsaɾ/ [kõm.paˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: com‧pa‧sar

Verb

compasar (first-person singular present compaso, first-person singular preterite compasé, past participle compasado)

1. to measure with a compass
2. to adjust
3. (music) to divide into bars

Conjugation

    Conjugation of compasar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			compasar
gerund			compasando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		compasado		compasada
		plural		compasados		compasadas
		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	compaso	compasastú compasásvos	compasa	compasamos	compasáis	compasan
	imperfect	compasaba	compasabas	compasaba	compasábamos	compasabais	compasaban
	preterite	compasé	compasaste	compasó	compasamos	compasasteis	compasaron
	future	compasaré	compasarás	compasará	compasaremos	compasaréis	compasarán
	conditional	compasaría	compasarías	compasaría	compasaríamos	compasaríais	compasarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	compase	compasestú compasésvos2	compase	compasemos	compaséis	compasen
	imperfect (ra)	compasara	compasaras	compasara	compasáramos	compasarais	compasaran
	imperfect (se)	compasase	compasases	compasase	compasásemos	compasaseis	compasasen
	future1	compasare	compasares	compasare	compasáremos	compasareis	compasaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		compasatú compasávos	compase	compasemos	compasad	compasen
	negative		no compases	no compase	no compasemos	no compaséis	no compasen

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

Related terms

• compás

 

Further reading

• “compasar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10