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Deverbal from recompensar.

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [rə.kumˈpe̞n.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rə.komˈpen.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [rə.kumˈpen.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [re.komˈpen.sa]

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• Hyphenation: re‧com‧pen‧sa

recompensa f (plural recompenses)

1. rewarding
2. reward, recompense, compensation
3. (law) bounty

• “recompensa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

• Hyphenation: re‧com‧pen‧sa

Deverbal from recompensar (“to reward”).

recompensa f (plural recompensas)

1. the act of rewarding
2. reward (something of value given in return for an act)
3. bounty (reward for some specific act)

• (act of rewarding): recompensação, recompensamento
• (reward): compensação, galardão, prémio

• caçador de recompensas

recompensa

1. inflection of recompensar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “recompensa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “recompensa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French récompenser.

a recompensa (third-person singular present recompensează, past participle recompensat) 1st conjugation

1. to reward

• IPA^(key): /rekomˈpensa/ [re.kõmˈpẽn.sa]
• Rhymes: -ensa
• Syllabification: re‧com‧pen‧sa

Deverbal from recompensar.

recompensa f (plural recompensas)

1. reward, recompense
2. bounty
3. recompense, indemnification (act of compensation)

recompensa

1. inflection of recompensar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “recompensa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025