recompensa

See also: recompensá and récompensa

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from recompensar

Noun

recompensa f (plural recompenses)

1. rewarding
2. reward, recompense, compensation
3. (law) bounty

Derived terms

• en recompensa de

Further reading

• “recompensa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kõˈpẽ.sɐ/ [he.kõˈpẽ.sɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kõˈpẽ.sɐ/ [he.kõˈpẽ.sɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kõˈpẽ.sɐ/ [χe.kõˈpẽ.sɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kõˈpẽ.sa/ [he.kõˈpẽ.sa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kõˈpẽ.sɐ/

• Hyphenation: re‧com‧pen‧sa

Etymology 1

Deverbal from recompensar (“to reward”).

Noun

recompensa f (plural recompensas)

1. the act of rewarding
2. reward (something of value given in return for an act)
3. bounty (reward for some specific act)

Synonyms

• (act of rewarding): recompensação, recompensamento
• (reward): compensação, galardão, prémio

Derived terms

• caçador de recompensas

Related terms

• recompensação
• recompensadamente
• recompensado
• recompensador
• recompensamento
• recompensar
• recompensável

Etymology 2

Verb

recompensa

1. inflection of recompensar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French récompenser.

Verb

a recompensa (third-person singular present recompensează, past participle recompensat) 1st conjugation

1. to reward

Conjugation

    conjugation of recompensa (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a recompensa
gerund			recompensând
past participle			recompensat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	recompensez	recompensezi	recompensează	recompensăm	recompensați	recompensează
	imperfect	recompensam	recompensai	recompensa	recompensam	recompensați	recompensau
	simple perfect	recompensai	recompensași	recompensă	recompensarăm	recompensarăți	recompensară
	pluperfect	recompensasem	recompensaseși	recompensase	recompensaserăm	recompensaserăți	recompensaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să recompensez	să recompensezi	să recompenseze	să recompensăm	să recompensați	să recompenseze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		recompensează			recompensați
	negative		nu recompensa			nu recompensați

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rekomˈpensa/ [re.kõmˈpẽn.sa]
• Rhymes: -ensa
• Syllabification: re‧com‧pen‧sa

Etymology 1

Deverbal from recompensar.

Noun

recompensa f (plural recompensas)

1. reward, recompense
2. bounty
3. recompense, indemnification (act of compensation)

Derived terms

• cazarecompensas

 

Etymology 2

Verb

recompensa

1. inflection of recompensar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “recompensa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10