compensación

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin compensatio, compensationem.

Noun

compensación f (plural compensacións)

  1. compensation

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin compēnsātiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kompensaˈθjon/ [kõm.pẽn.saˈθjõn] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /kompensaˈsjon/ [kõm.pẽn.saˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: com‧pen‧sa‧ción

Noun

compensación f (plural compensaciones)

  1. compensation
  2. tradeoff, trade-off
  3. setoff, set-off, offset

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