compensar

• compasar, compesar

Borrowed from Latin compēnsāre, from com- (“together”) + pēnsō (“to weigh”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kum.pənˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kom.pənˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [kom.penˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

compensar (first-person singular present compenso, first-person singular preterite compensí, past participle compensat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to compensate

• compensación

• “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.

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”).

• Hyphenation: com‧pen‧sar

compensar (first-person singular present compenso, first-person singular preterite compensei, past participle compensado)

1. (transitive) to pay, pay off, be worthwhile or profitable

   Synonym: valer a pena

2. (transitive) to compensate

   Synonyms: indenizar, recompensar, remunerar, reparar

• “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, 2003–2024.
• “compensar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “compensar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Borrowed from Latin compēnsāre, from com- (“together”) + pensō (“weigh”).

• IPA^(key): /kompenˈsaɾ/ [kõm.pẽnˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: com‧pen‧sar

compensar (first-person singular present compenso, first-person singular preterite compensé, past participle compensado)

1. (transitive) to compensate, make up for
2. (transitive) to compensate, remunerate
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• “compensar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014