comprometer

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin comprōmittere, likely a borrowing reshaped by analogy with meter.[1][2] The sense of putting something at risk comes from French compromettre.[3]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: com‧pro‧me‧ter

Verb

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comprometer (first-person singular present comprometo, first-person singular preterite comprometi, past participle comprometido)

  1. to commit, to engage
  2. to compromise, to jeopardize

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ comprometer”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ comprometer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024
  3. ^ Ciberdúvidas: Comprometer, um antigo galicismo

Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin comprōmittō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kompɾomeˈteɾ/ [kõm.pɾo.meˈt̪eɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: com‧pro‧me‧ter

Verb

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comprometer (first-person singular present comprometo, first-person singular preterite comprometí, past participle comprometido)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to promise, to engage to be married
  2. (transitive, reflexive) to compromise, to endanger

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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