Compensar in english
Make up for
pronunciation: meɪkəpfɔr part of speech: none
pronunciation: meɪkəpfɔr part of speech: none
In gestures
compensar = compensate ; offset ; repay ; even out ; balance ; make + amends (for/to) ; balance out ; requite ; make it up to.
Example: Whatever the immediate difficulties may be, they will be more than compensated for by the long-term benefits of automated bibliographic control.Example: Space requirements are less and capital outlay is considerably less, though this is offset by the higher maintenance costs.Example: The administrator will be more than repaid by high staff morale for all the trouble-shooting and unglamorous behind-the-scenes planning.Example: But damp paper was still preferred for much ordinary printing until late in the nineteenth century, partly because it evened out the minor inequalities of used type in the days before the introduction of hot-metal composing machines which cast type afresh for each job.Example: It often requires careful diplomacy by acquisitions librarians to balance sharp faculty interests.Example: The scholarships were established in 1979 to help make amends for the state's history of excluding blacks from the university.Example: If you do this it should balance out some of the negative thoughts you're having and know that in the end que sera sera, what's meant to be will be .Example: The sultan requited the king of China's present by sending him ten swords with scabbards encrusted in pearls.Example: And then the young librarian, as in a dream, heard from the lips of her supervisor the words, 'Jeanne, please let bygones be bygones and put this year's evaluation behind you. I'll try to make it up to you next year'.more:
» compensar las cosas = even + things up ; even + things out .
Example: This year we decided to even things up by making something with more of a British focus. Example: Many demographers have speculated that the gender imbalance at birth may be evolution's way of evening things out overall.» compensar la situación = even + things up ; even + things out .
Example: This year we decided to even things up by making something with more of a British focus. Example: Many demographers have speculated that the gender imbalance at birth may be evolution's way of evening things out overall.» compensar por = make up for ; outweigh ; outbalance .
Example: This makes up for the absence of a systematic sequence showing such connections. Example: It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness. Example: The large profits to be made in this field will outbalance the problems that may lie ahead.