recompensa

See also: recompensá and récompensa

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from recompensar

Noun

recompensa f (plural recompenses)

  1. rewarding
  2. reward, recompense, compensation
  3. (law) bounty

Derived terms

  • en recompensa de

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.kõˈpẽ.sɐ/ [he.kõˈpẽ.sɐ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.kõˈpẽ.sɐ/ [χe.kõˈpẽ.sɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.kõˈpẽ.sa/ [he.kõˈpẽ.sa]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.kõˈpẽ.sɐ/

  • Hyphenation: re‧com‧pen‧sa

Etymology 1

Deverbal from recompensar (to reward).

Noun

recompensa f (plural recompensas)

  1. the act of rewarding
  2. reward (something of value given in return for an act)
  3. bounty (reward for some specific act)
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

recompensa

  1. inflection of recompensar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French récompenser.

Verb

a recompensa (third-person singular present recompensează, past participle recompensat) 1st conjugation

  1. to reward

Conjugation

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rekomˈpensa/ [re.kõmˈpẽn.sa]
  • Rhymes: -ensa
  • Syllabification: re‧com‧pen‧sa

Etymology 1

Deverbal from recompensar.

Noun

recompensa f (plural recompensas)

  1. reward, recompense
  2. bounty
  3. recompense, indemnification (act of compensation)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

recompensa

  1. inflection of recompensar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading