"compensation (making up for something)" in seven languages
Meaningcompensation (making up for something)
Spanish
compensación
/kompensaˈθjon/
fem.learned
French
compensation
/kɔ̃pɑ̃sasjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
compensazione
/kompensatˈtsjone/
fem.learned
For a payment, compenso or risarcimento is more usual.
Portuguese
compensação
/kõpẽsaˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
compensație
/kompenˈsatsie/
fem.learned
Catalan
compensació
/kumpənsəˈsjo/
fem.learned
English
compensation
/ˌkɑmpənˈseɪʃən/
from Latin/French · Latin COMPENSĀTIŌNEM, via Old French
English → Italiancompensation (making up for something)compensazioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
COMPENSĀTIŌNEM‘a weighing together, balancing’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
PENSĀRE 'to weigh' is inside: compensation balances the scales. Money paid for damage is usually indemnización, indemnisation, risarcimento.
English relatives: compensate, pension, pensive
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In a sentence
- esComo compensación, nos regalaron una noche.
- frEn compensation, ils nous ont offert une nuit.
- itCome compensazione, ci hanno regalato una notte.
- ptComo compensação, nos deram uma noite grátis.
- roDrept compensație, ne-au oferit o noapte gratuită.
- caCom a compensació, ens van regalar una nit.
- enAs compensation, they gave us a free night.
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