Polyglot Dictionary

contemporizar

/kontempoɾiˈsaɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
contemporizo
preterite (yo)
contemporicé
past participle
contemporizado

Meaning

  1. to compromise

    • Contemporizó con todos.

      He accommodated everyone.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

transigir

contemporizar and transigir are close synonyms for "to compromise, be accommodating," interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

French

transiger

transiger is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to compromise."

Practice

1 What does contemporizar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches contemporizar?

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