compensar
Portuguese, verb/kõ.pẽˈsa(ʁ)/
compensar is spelled C-O-M-P-E-N-S-A-R (9 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,158th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Compensar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to pay, pay off, be worthwhile or profitable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indenizar”.
What does compensar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pay, pay off, be worthwhile or profitable
- 2
to compensate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. indenizar 2. estabelecer compensação 3. converter em crédito ao recebente ou depositário
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 compensar
- compenso first-person present singular
- compensei first-person preterite singular
- compensado participle past
- compensares infinitive second-person singular
- compensarmos first-person infinitive plural
- compensardes infinitive plural second-person
- compensarem infinitive plural third-person
- compensando gerund
- compensados masculine participle past
- compensada feminine participle past
- compensadas feminine participle past
- compensas indicative present second-person
- compensa indicative present singular
- compensamos first-person indicative plural
- compensais indicative plural present
- compensam indicative plural present
- compensava first-person imperfect indicative
- compensavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce compensar?
- Brazil /kõ.pẽˈsa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kõ.pẽˈsa(h)]
- /kõ.pẽˈsa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
compensar appears 7.4 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).