compensar
Portuguese
/kõ.pẽ.ˈsa(ɻ)/
verb
Definitions
- to pay, pay off, be worthwhile or profitable
- to compensate
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin compensāre (weight together one thing against another, spare, make good, later also shorten, balance).
Origin
Latin
compensāre
Gloss
weight together one thing against another, spare, make good, later also shorten, balance
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- compensationem, compensatio Latin
- compensāre Latin
- compensare Italian
- compenser French
- compensar Spanish, Castilian
- compensação Portuguese
- recompensa Portuguese