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compensar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • offset noun Something that balances out or compensates for something else.
  • recompense noun Payment or reward given in return for something done, lost, or suffered.
  • trim verb To cut away excess from something to neaten it.

Senses

compensar is used for these senses in English:

  • make up To compensate, to fill in, to catch up.
  • offset (transitive) To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
  • recompense (transitive) To give (something) in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved.
  • trim (transitive, aviation, of an aircraft) To adjust the positions of control surfaces, sometimes using trim tabs, so as to modify or eliminate the aircraft's tendency to pitch, roll, or yaw when the cockpit controls are released.

offset — full definition

  1. noun Something that balances out or compensates for something else.
  2. verb To counterbalance or compensate for something, typically by an opposite effect.

recompense — full definition

  1. noun Payment or reward given in return for something done, lost, or suffered.
  2. verb To pay or reward someone for something done, lost, or suffered.

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