compensar

• compasar, compesar

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

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

compensar (first-person singular present compenso, first-person singular preterite compensí, past participle compensat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /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, 2025.
• “compensar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April

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 (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “compensar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “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, 2003–2025
• “compensar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “compensar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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

• IPA^(key): /kompenˈsaɾ/
• 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
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• “compensar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10