Compensar conjugation chart
Compensar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I make up for | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you make up for | |
| vos | you make up for | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she makes up for | |
| nosotros | we make up for | |
| vosotros | you all make up for | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they make up for |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Compensar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I made up for | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you made up for | |
| vos | you made up for | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she made up for | |
| nosotros | we made up for | |
| vosotros | you all made up for | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they made up for |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Compensar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to make up for | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to make up for | |
| vos | you used to make up for | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to make up for | |
| nosotros | we used to make up for | |
| vosotros | you all used to make up for | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to make up for |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Compensar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will make up for | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will make up for | |
| vos | you will make up for | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will make up for | |
| nosotros | we will make up for | |
| vosotros | you all will make up for | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will make up for |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Compensar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would make up for | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would make up for | |
| vos | you would make up for | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would make up for | |
| nosotros | we would make up for | |
| vosotros | you all would make up for | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would make up for |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Compensar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I make up for | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you make up for | |
| vos | that you make up for | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she make up for | |
| nosotros | that we make up for | |
| vosotros | that you all make up for | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they make up for |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Compensar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I made up for | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you made up for | |
| vos | if you made up for | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she made up for | |
| nosotros | if we made up for | |
| vosotros | if you all made up for | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they made up for |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (compensase), more common in writing.
Compensar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | make up for! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | make up for! | |
| usted | make up for! | |
| nosotros | let's make up for! | |
| vosotros | make up for! | |
| ustedes | make up for! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: compensa. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (compense, compensemos, compensen).
Compensar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't make up for! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't make up for! | |
| usted | don't make up for! | |
| nosotros | let's not make up for! | |
| vosotros | don't make up for! | |
| ustedes | don't make up for! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + compenses, compense…
Always the verb haber + the past participle compensado, which never changes.
Compensar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he compensado |
|---|---|
| tú | has compensado |
| vos | has compensado |
| él, ella, usted | ha compensado |
| nosotros | hemos compensado |
| vosotros | habéis compensado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han compensado |
Compensar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había compensado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías compensado |
| vos | habías compensado |
| él, ella, usted | había compensado |
| nosotros | habíamos compensado |
| vosotros | habíais compensado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían compensado |
Compensar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré compensado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás compensado |
| vos | habrás compensado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá compensado |
| nosotros | habremos compensado |
| vosotros | habréis compensado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán compensado |
Compensar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría compensado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías compensado |
| vos | habrías compensado |
| él, ella, usted | habría compensado |
| nosotros | habríamos compensado |
| vosotros | habríais compensado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían compensado |
Compensar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya compensado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas compensado |
| vos | hayas compensado |
| él, ella, usted | haya compensado |
| nosotros | hayamos compensado |
| vosotros | hayáis compensado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan compensado |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
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