comprometre

Borrowed from Latin compromittere (“to make a mutual promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter”), from com- (“together”) + promittere (“to promise”). Adapted to Catalan metre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kum.pɾuˈmɛ.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kom.pɾoˈmə.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kom.pɾoˈme.tɾe]

comprometre (first-person singular present comprometo, first-person singular preterite comprometí, past participle compromès); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. to compromise

• comprometedor

• compromís

• “comprometre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007