compensar
Meaning
- (transitive) to pay, pay off, be worthwhile or profitable
- (transitive) to compensate
Concepts
equilibrise
countervail
make amends for
make up for
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kõ.pẽˈsa(ʁ)/
Etymology
In summary
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”).
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