acompasar

Spanish

Etymology

From compás (“compass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akompaˈsaɾ/ [a.kõm.paˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧com‧pa‧sar

Verb

acompasar (first-person singular present acompaso, first-person singular preterite acompasé, past participle acompasado)

1. to keep time with; to keep in step with
2. to match, to adjust to

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acompasar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			acompasar
gerund			acompasando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acompasado		acompasada
		plural		acompasados		acompasadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acompaso	acompasastú acompasásvos	acompasa	acompasamos	acompasáis	acompasan
	imperfect	acompasaba	acompasabas	acompasaba	acompasábamos	acompasabais	acompasaban
	preterite	acompasé	acompasaste	acompasó	acompasamos	acompasasteis	acompasaron
	future	acompasaré	acompasarás	acompasará	acompasaremos	acompasaréis	acompasarán
	conditional	acompasaría	acompasarías	acompasaría	acompasaríamos	acompasaríais	acompasarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acompase	acompasestú acompasésvos2	acompase	acompasemos	acompaséis	acompasen
	imperfect (ra)	acompasara	acompasaras	acompasara	acompasáramos	acompasarais	acompasaran
	imperfect (se)	acompasase	acompasases	acompasase	acompasásemos	acompasaseis	acompasasen
	future1	acompasare	acompasares	acompasare	acompasáremos	acompasareis	acompasaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		acompasatú acompasávos	acompase	acompasemos	acompasad	acompasen
	negative		no acompases	no acompase	no acompasemos	no acompaséis	no acompasen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of acompasar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive acompasar	dative	acompasarme	acompasarte	acompasarle, acompasarse	acompasarnos	acompasaros	acompasarles, acompasarse
	accusative	acompasarme	acompasarte	acompasarlo, acompasarla, acompasarse	acompasarnos	acompasaros	acompasarlos, acompasarlas, acompasarse
with gerund acompasando	dative	acompasándome	acompasándote	acompasándole, acompasándose	acompasándonos	acompasándoos	acompasándoles, acompasándose
	accusative	acompasándome	acompasándote	acompasándolo, acompasándola, acompasándose	acompasándonos	acompasándoos	acompasándolos, acompasándolas, acompasándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative acompasa	dative	acompásame	acompásate	acompásale	acompásanos	not used	acompásales
	accusative	acompásame	acompásate	acompásalo, acompásala	acompásanos	not used	acompásalos, acompásalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative acompasá	dative	acompasame	acompasate	acompasale	acompasanos	not used	acompasales
	accusative	acompasame	acompasate	acompasalo, acompasala	acompasanos	not used	acompasalos, acompasalas
with formal second-person singular imperative acompase	dative	acompáseme	not used	acompásele, acompásese	acompásenos	not used	acompáseles
	accusative	acompáseme	not used	acompáselo, acompásela, acompásese	acompásenos	not used	acompáselos, acompáselas
with first-person plural imperative acompasemos	dative	not used	acompasémoste	acompasémosle	acompasémonos	acompasémoos	acompasémosles
	accusative	not used	acompasémoste	acompasémoslo, acompasémosla	acompasémonos	acompasémoos	acompasémoslos, acompasémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative acompasad	dative	acompasadme	not used	acompasadle	acompasadnos	acompasaos	acompasadles
	accusative	acompasadme	not used	acompasadlo, acompasadla	acompasadnos	acompasaos	acompasadlos, acompasadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative acompasen	dative	acompásenme	not used	acompásenle	acompásennos	not used	acompásenles, acompásense
	accusative	acompásenme	not used	acompásenlo, acompásenla	acompásennos	not used	acompásenlos, acompásenlas, acompásense

Derived terms

• acompasado

Further reading

• “acompasar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025