recompensa
Spanish, noun
recompensa is spelled R-E-C-O-M-P-E-N-S-A (10 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,393rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recompensa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “reward, recompense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of recompensar. With an accent, recompensá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of recompensar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de recompensar”.
What does recompensa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininereward, recompense
- 2
femininebounty
- 3
femininerecompense, indemnification (act of compensation)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of recompensar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de recompensar. 2. Lo que ayuda para recompensar
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 recompensa
- recompensas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to recompensa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recompensa in Spanish?
recompensa appears 11 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).