compadecer
Meaning
- (reflexive, transitive) to feel sorry (for); to pity
- (reflexive, transitive) to sympathise with
Concepts
have compassion on
have compassion
admire
Synonyms
tener lástima
tener piedad de
tener piedad
sentir compasión
Translations
Hyphenated as
com‧pa‧de‧cer
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kompadeˈθeɾ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *compatiscere, from Latin compati.
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