recompensar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- commend verb To praise someone formally for doing something well.
- compensate verb To pay someone money to make up for a loss, injury, or inconvenience.
- recompense noun Payment or reward given in return for something done, lost, or suffered.
- reward noun Something given in return for good behaviour, effort, or service.
Senses
recompensar is used for these senses in English:
- commend (transitive) To congratulate or reward.
- compensate To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
- compensate (ambitransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
- recompense To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.
- reward (transitive) To give a reward to or for.
commend — full definition
- verb To praise someone formally for doing something well.
- verb To entrust someone or something to another's care.
compensate — full definition
- verb To pay someone money to make up for a loss, injury, or inconvenience.
- verb To make up for a weakness or problem by adjusting something else.