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)]

• (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/

• (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.

Related terms

• recompensa
• compensar

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 reward
2. to indemnify
3. to recompense
4. to pay

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

Related terms

• compensar
• recompensa

 

Further reading

• “recompensar”, 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