compadecer
Portuguese, verb/kõ.pa.deˈse(ʁ)/
compadecer is spelled C-O-M-P-A-D-E-C-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 118,367th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Compadecer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to make someone feel pity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “condoer-se”.
What does compadecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make someone feel pity
- 2
to feel pity
- 3
to pity; to feel sorry for
- 4
to conform to (to be compatible with)
- 5
to accept; to tolerate (to regard as proper; not to intervene with)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. condoer-se 2. conformar-se 3. ser compatível com
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of compadecer
- compadeço first-person present singular
- compadeci first-person preterite singular
- compadecido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- compadeceres infinitive second-person singular
- compadecermos first-person infinitive plural
- compadecerdes infinitive plural second-person
- compadecerem infinitive plural third-person
- compadecendo gerund
- compadecidos masculine participle past
- compadecida feminine participle past
- compadecidas feminine participle past
- compadeces indicative present second-person
- compadece indicative present singular
- compadecemos first-person indicative plural
- compadeceis indicative plural present
- compadecem indicative plural present
- compadecia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce compadecer?
- Brazil /kõ.pa.deˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kõ.pa.deˈse(h)]
- /kõ.pa.deˈse(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is compadecer in Portuguese?
compadecer appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).