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compadecer
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *compātīscere, from Latin compātī.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: com‧pa‧de‧cer
Verb
compadecer (first-person singular present compadeço, first-person singular preterite compadeci, past participle compadecido)
- (transitive) to make someone feel pity
- (pronominal, intransitive) to feel pity
- (pronominal) to pity; to feel sorry for [with de or (uncommon) por ‘someone’]
- (pronominal) to conform to (to be compatible with) [with com ‘something, e.g. a norm’]
- (transitive) to accept; to tolerate (to regard as proper; not to intervene with)
Conjugation
Derived terms
- compadecimento
Related terms
Further reading
- “compadecer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “compadecer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *compatiscere, from Latin compati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kompadeˈθeɾ/ [kõm.pa.ð̞eˈθeɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /kompadeˈseɾ/ [kõm.pa.ð̞eˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: com‧pa‧de‧cer
Verb
compadecer (first-person singular present compadezco, first-person singular preterite compadecí, past participle compadecido)
- (transitive, reflexive) to feel sorry (for); to pity
- Synonym: lastimar
- (transitive, reflexive) to sympathise with
- Synonym: simpatizar
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
Further reading
- “compadecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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