compensar
Spanish, verb/kompenˈsaɾ/
compensar is spelled C-O-M-P-E-N-S-A-R (9 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,590th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Compensar is a Spanish verb meaning “to compensate, make up for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Equilibrar una acción o una característica con otra opuesta pero de similar importancia”.
What does compensar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to compensate, make up for
- 2
to compensate, remunerate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Equilibrar una acción o una característica con otra opuesta pero de similar importancia. 2. Resarcir de un daño por medio de un pago, un servicio u otra acción.
verb: 1. Valer la pena, justificar el trabajo que demanda algo.
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 compensar
- compenso first-person present singular
- compensé first-person preterite singular
- compensado participle past
- compensando gerund
- compensada feminine participle past
- compensados masculine participle past
- compensadas feminine participle past
- compensas indicative informal present
- compensás indicative informal present
- compensa indicative present singular
- compensamos first-person indicative plural
- compensáis indicative plural present
- compensan indicative plural present
- compensaba first-person imperfect indicative
- compensabas imperfect indicative second-person
- compensábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- compensabais imperfect indicative plural
- compensaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce compensar?
- /kompenˈsaɾ/
- [kõm.pẽnˈsaɾ]
- [kõmpẽnˈsaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to compensar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is compensar in Spanish?
compensar appears 6.8 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).