recompensar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin recompēnsāre, from Latin re- + compēnsō (“to compensate; to balance”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.kõ.pẽˈsa(ʁ)/ [he.kõ.pẽˈsa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁe.kõ.pẽˈsa(ɾ)/ [he.kõ.pẽˈsa(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.kõ.pẽˈsa(ʁ)/ [χe.kõ.pẽˈsa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.kõ.pẽˈsa(ɻ)/ [he.kõ.pẽˈsa(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.kõ.pẽˈsaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.kõ.pẽˈsa.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: re‧com‧pen‧sar

Verb

recompensar (first-person singular present recompenso, first-person singular preterite recompensei, past participle recompensado)

  1. to reward (give a reward to)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recompensar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal recompensar
Personal recompensar recompensares recompensar recompensarmos recompensardes recompensarem
Gerund
recompensando
Past participle
Masculine recompensado recompensados
Feminine recompensada recompensadas
Indicative
Present recompenso recompensas recompensa recompensamos recompensais recompensam
Imperfect recompensava recompensavas recompensava recompensávamos recompensáveis recompensavam
Preterite recompensei recompensaste recompensou recompensamos1, recompensámos2 recompensastes recompensaram
Pluperfect recompensara recompensaras recompensara recompensáramos recompensáreis recompensaram
Future recompensarei recompensarás recompensará recompensaremos recompensareis recompensarão
Conditional recompensaria recompensarias recompensaria recompensaríamos recompensaríeis recompensariam
Subjunctive
Present recompense recompenses recompense recompensemos recompenseis recompensem
Imperfect recompensasse recompensasses recompensasse recompensássemos recompensásseis recompensassem
Future recompensar recompensares recompensar recompensarmos recompensardes recompensarem
Imperative
Affirmative recompensa recompense recompensemos recompensai recompensem
Negative (não) não recompenses não recompense não recompensemos não recompenseis não recompensem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin recompēnsāre, from Latin re- + compēnsō.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

recompensar (first-person singular present recompenso, first-person singular preterite recompensé, past participle recompensado)

  1. to indemnify, reimburse, make whole
  2. to recompense, pay
    Synonym: remunerar
  3. to reward
    Synonyms: premiar, galardonar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recompensar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive recompensar
gerund recompensando
past participle masculine feminine
singular recompensado recompensada
plural recompensados recompensadas
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 recompenso recompensastú
recompensásvos 		recompensa recompensamos recompensáis recompensan
imperfect recompensaba recompensabas recompensaba recompensábamos recompensabais recompensaban
preterite recompensé recompensaste recompensó recompensamos recompensasteis recompensaron
future recompensaré recompensarás recompensará recompensaremos recompensaréis recompensarán
conditional recompensaría recompensarías recompensaría recompensaríamos recompensaríais recompensarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present recompense recompensestú
recompensésvos2 		recompense recompensemos recompenséis recompensen
imperfect
(ra) 		recompensara recompensaras recompensara recompensáramos recompensarais recompensaran
imperfect
(se) 		recompensase recompensases recompensase recompensásemos recompensaseis recompensasen
future1 recompensare recompensares recompensare recompensáremos recompensareis recompensaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative recompensatú
recompensávos 		recompense recompensemos recompensad recompensen
negative no recompenses no recompense no recompensemos no recompenséis no recompensen

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

    Selected combined forms of recompensar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive recompensar dative recompensarme recompensarte recompensarle, recompensarse recompensarnos recompensaros recompensarles, recompensarse
accusative recompensarme recompensarte recompensarlo, recompensarla, recompensarse recompensarnos recompensaros recompensarlos, recompensarlas, recompensarse
with gerund recompensando dative recompensándome recompensándote recompensándole, recompensándose recompensándonos recompensándoos recompensándoles, recompensándose
accusative recompensándome recompensándote recompensándolo, recompensándola, recompensándose recompensándonos recompensándoos recompensándolos, recompensándolas, recompensándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative recompensa dative recompénsame recompénsate recompénsale recompénsanos not used recompénsales
accusative recompénsame recompénsate recompénsalo, recompénsala recompénsanos not used recompénsalos, recompénsalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative recompensá dative recompensame recompensate recompensale recompensanos not used recompensales
accusative recompensame recompensate recompensalo, recompensala recompensanos not used recompensalos, recompensalas
with formal second-person singular imperative recompense dative recompénseme not used recompénsele, recompénsese recompénsenos not used recompénseles
accusative recompénseme not used recompénselo, recompénsela, recompénsese recompénsenos not used recompénselos, recompénselas
with first-person plural imperative recompensemos dative not used recompensémoste recompensémosle recompensémonos recompensémoos recompensémosles
accusative not used recompensémoste recompensémoslo, recompensémosla recompensémonos recompensémoos recompensémoslos, recompensémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative recompensad dative recompensadme not used recompensadle recompensadnos recompensaos recompensadles
accusative recompensadme not used recompensadlo, recompensadla recompensadnos recompensaos recompensadlos, recompensadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative recompensen dative recompénsenme not used recompénsenle recompénsennos not used recompénsenles, recompénsense
accusative recompénsenme not used recompénsenlo, recompénsenla recompénsennos not used recompénsenlos, recompénsenlas, recompénsense

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