compensar
Catalan
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin compēnsāre, from com- (“together”) + pēnsō (“to weigh”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [kum.pənˈsa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kom.pənˈsa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [kom.penˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
[edit]compensar (first-person singular present compenso, first-person singular preterite compensí, past participle compensat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (transitive) to compensate
Conjugation
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[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, 2024
- “compensar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin compēnsāre (“to weight together one thing against another, to balance, to make good, later also to shorten, to spare”), from com- (“together”) + pensō (“weigh”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: com‧pen‧sar
Verb
[edit]compensar (first-person singular present compenso, first-person singular preterite compensei, past participle compensado)
- (transitive) to pay, pay off, be worthwhile or profitable
- Synonym: valer a pena
- (transitive) to compensate
- Synonyms: indenizar, recompensar, remunerar, reparar
Conjugation
[edit]1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “compensar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “compensar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “compensar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “compensar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “compensar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “compensar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin compēnsāre, 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, make up for
- (transitive) to compensate, remunerate
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Conjugation
[edit]These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “compensar”, 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
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