comprender
Spanish, verb/kompɾenˈdeɾ/
comprender is spelled C-O-M-P-R-E-N-D-E-R (10 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,046th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Comprender is a Spanish verb meaning “to understand, to comprehend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Rodear por todas partes de una cosa, tener algo dentro de sí”.
What does comprender mean in English?
verb
- 1
to understand, to comprehend
- 2
to comprise; to include
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rodear por todas partes de una cosa, tener algo dentro de sí. 2. Penetrar en el significado de lo que se dice o se hace, hacerse una idea de algo usando las facultades mentales. 3. Compartir o encontrar razonable los motivos o el proceder de otra persona.
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 comprender
- comprendo first-person present singular
- comprendí first-person preterite singular
- comprendido participle past
- comprendiendo gerund
- comprendida feminine participle past
- comprendidos masculine participle past
- comprendidas feminine participle past
- comprendes indicative informal present
- comprendés indicative informal present
- comprende indicative present singular
- comprendemos first-person indicative plural
- comprendéis indicative plural present
- comprenden indicative plural present
- comprendía first-person imperfect indicative
- comprendías imperfect indicative second-person
- comprendíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- comprendíais imperfect indicative plural
- comprendían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce comprender?
- /kompɾenˈdeɾ/
- [kõm.pɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
- [kõmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to comprender
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is comprender in Spanish?
comprender appears 27 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).