compendiar
Spanish, verb/kompenˈdjaɾ/
compendiar is spelled C-O-M-P-E-N-D-I-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Spanish, the 217,717th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Compendiar is a Spanish verb meaning “to abridge, shorten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Realizar o producir un compendio, resumen, sumario o recopilación”.
What does compendiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to abridge, shorten
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Realizar o producir un compendio, resumen, sumario o recopilación.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of compendiar
- compendio first-person present singular
- compendié first-person preterite singular
- compendiado participle past
- compendiando gerund
- compendiada feminine participle past
- compendiados masculine participle past
- compendiadas feminine participle past
- compendias indicative informal present
- compendiás indicative informal present
- compendia indicative present singular
- compendiamos first-person indicative plural
- compendiáis indicative plural present
- compendian indicative plural present
- compendiaba first-person imperfect indicative
- compendiabas imperfect indicative second-person
- compendiábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- compendiabais imperfect indicative plural
- compendiaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce compendiar?
- /kompenˈdjaɾ/
- [kõm.pẽn̪ˈd̪jaɾ]
- [kõmpẽn̪ˈd̪jaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to compendiar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is compendiar in Spanish?
compendiar appears about once in every 37 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).