recompensar
Spanish, verb/rekompenˈsaɾ/
recompensar is spelled R-E-C-O-M-P-E-N-S-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 35,911th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recompensar is a Spanish verb meaning “to indemnify, reimburse, make whole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Compensar, satisfacer o remunerar un beneficio, favor, virtud, mérito o servicio”.
What does recompensar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to indemnify, reimburse, make whole
- 2
to recompense, pay
- 3
to reward
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Compensar, satisfacer o remunerar un beneficio, favor, virtud, mérito o servicio. 2. Retribuir o remunerar un servicio. 3. Compensar por un perjuicio causado.
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 recompensar
- recompenso first-person present singular
- recompensé first-person preterite singular
- recompensado participle past
- recompensando gerund
- recompensada feminine participle past
- recompensados masculine participle past
- recompensadas feminine participle past
- recompensas indicative informal present
- recompensás indicative informal present
- recompensa indicative present singular
- recompensamos first-person indicative plural
- recompensáis indicative plural present
- recompensan indicative plural present
- recompensaba first-person imperfect indicative
- recompensabas imperfect indicative second-person
- recompensábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- recompensabais imperfect indicative plural
- recompensaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recompensar?
- /rekompenˈsaɾ/
- [re.kõm.pẽnˈsaɾ]
- [rekõmpẽnˈsaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to recompensar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recompensar in Spanish?
recompensar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).