compartimentar

Catalan

Etymology

From compartiment +‎ -ar.

Verb

compartimentar (first-person singular present compartimento, first-person singular preterite compartimentí, past participle compartimentat)

1. (transitive) to compartmentalise

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of compartimentar (first conjugation)

infinitive			compartimentar
gerund			compartimentant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		compartimentat		compartimentada
		plural		compartimentats		compartimentades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	compartimento	compartimentes	compartimenta	compartimentem	compartimenteu	compartimenten
	imperfect	compartimentava	compartimentaves	compartimentava	compartimentàvem	compartimentàveu	compartimentaven
	future	compartimentaré	compartimentaràs	compartimentarà	compartimentarem	compartimentareu	compartimentaran
	preterite	compartimentí	compartimentares	compartimentà	compartimentàrem	compartimentàreu	compartimentaren
	conditional	compartimentaria	compartimentaries	compartimentaria	compartimentaríem	compartimentaríeu	compartimentarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	compartimenti	compartimentis	compartimenti	compartimentem	compartimenteu	compartimentin
	imperfect	compartimentés	compartimentessis	compartimentés	compartimentéssim	compartimentéssiu	compartimentessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	compartimenta	compartimenti	compartimentem	compartimenteu	compartimentin
	negative (no)	—	no compartimentis	no compartimenti	no compartimentem	no compartimenteu	no compartimentin

Derived terms

• compartimentació

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese compartir

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old Galician-Portuguese -mento

Portuguese -mento

Portuguese compartimento

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese compartimentar

From compartimento + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.paʁ.t͡ʃi.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.pah.t͡ʃi.mẽˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.paʁ.t͡ʃi.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.pah.t͡ʃi.mẽˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.paɾ.t͡ʃi.mẽˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.paʁ.t͡ʃi.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.paχ.t͡ʃi.mẽˈta(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kõ.paɻ.t͡ʃi.mẽˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɐɾ.ti.mẽˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɐɾ.ti.mẽˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɐɾ.ti.mẽˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: com‧par‧ti‧men‧tar

Verb

compartimentar (first-person singular present compartimento, first-person singular preterite compartimentei, past participle compartimentado)

1. (transitive) to compartmentalize/compartmentalise

Conjugation

    Conjugation of compartimentar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	compartimentar
Personal	compartimentar	compartimentares	compartimentar	compartimentarmos	compartimentardes	compartimentarem
Gerund
	compartimentando
Past participle
Masculine	compartimentado			compartimentados
Feminine	compartimentada			compartimentadas
Indicative
Present	compartimento	compartimentas	compartimenta	compartimentamos	compartimentais	compartimentam
Imperfect	compartimentava	compartimentavas	compartimentava	compartimentávamos	compartimentáveis	compartimentavam
Preterite	compartimentei	compartimentaste	compartimentou	compartimentamos1, compartimentámos2	compartimentastes	compartimentaram
Pluperfect	compartimentara	compartimentaras	compartimentara	compartimentáramos	compartimentáreis	compartimentaram
Future	compartimentarei	compartimentarás	compartimentará	compartimentaremos	compartimentareis	compartimentarão
Conditional	compartimentaria	compartimentarias	compartimentaria	compartimentaríamos	compartimentaríeis	compartimentariam
Subjunctive
Present	compartimente	compartimentes	compartimente	compartimentemos	compartimenteis	compartimentem
Imperfect	compartimentasse	compartimentasses	compartimentasse	compartimentássemos	compartimentásseis	compartimentassem
Future	compartimentar	compartimentares	compartimentar	compartimentarmos	compartimentardes	compartimentarem
Imperative
Affirmative		compartimenta	compartimente	compartimentemos	compartimentai	compartimentem
Negative (não)		não compartimentes	não compartimente	não compartimentemos	não compartimenteis	não compartimentem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• compartimentação

Related terms

• compartimental
• compartimentalização
• compartimentalizar

Further reading

• “compartimentar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “compartimentar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “compartimentar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “compartimentar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish compartimento

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -āre

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish compartimentar

From compartimento + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kompaɾtimenˈtaɾ/ [kõm.paɾ.t̪i.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: com‧par‧ti‧men‧tar

Verb

compartimentar (first-person singular present compartimento, first-person singular preterite compartimenté, past participle compartimentado)

1. (transitive) to compartmentalize​/​compartmentalise
   • 2015 September 28, “Chimenea y un buen libro”, in El País‎^[1], Madrid: Ediciones El País, S.L., →ISSN, archived from the original on 19 May 2022:

     La vivienda —construida en 1856— tiene muchos elementos de los que encapricharse, pero uno destaca sobre todos: la embriagadora galería del primer piso, llena de luz y tonos caoba, compartimentada en varios ambientes mediante sofás y otras muchas piezas de anticuario.

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Conjugation

    Conjugation of compartimentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			compartimentar
gerund			compartimentando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		compartimentado		compartimentada
		plural		compartimentados		compartimentadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	compartimento	compartimentastú compartimentásvos	compartimenta	compartimentamos	compartimentáis	compartimentan
	imperfect	compartimentaba	compartimentabas	compartimentaba	compartimentábamos	compartimentabais	compartimentaban
	preterite	compartimenté	compartimentaste	compartimentó	compartimentamos	compartimentasteis	compartimentaron
	future	compartimentaré	compartimentarás	compartimentará	compartimentaremos	compartimentaréis	compartimentarán
	conditional	compartimentaría	compartimentarías	compartimentaría	compartimentaríamos	compartimentaríais	compartimentarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	compartimente	compartimentestú compartimentésvos2	compartimente	compartimentemos	compartimentéis	compartimenten
	imperfect (ra)	compartimentara	compartimentaras	compartimentara	compartimentáramos	compartimentarais	compartimentaran
	imperfect (se)	compartimentase	compartimentases	compartimentase	compartimentásemos	compartimentaseis	compartimentasen
	future1	compartimentare	compartimentares	compartimentare	compartimentáremos	compartimentareis	compartimentaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		compartimentatú compartimentávos	compartimente	compartimentemos	compartimentad	compartimenten
	negative		no compartimentes	no compartimente	no compartimentemos	no compartimentéis	no compartimenten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of compartimentar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive compartimentar	dative	compartimentarme	compartimentarte	compartimentarle, compartimentarse	compartimentarnos	compartimentaros	compartimentarles, compartimentarse
	accusative	compartimentarme	compartimentarte	compartimentarlo, compartimentarla, compartimentarse	compartimentarnos	compartimentaros	compartimentarlos, compartimentarlas, compartimentarse
with gerund compartimentando	dative	compartimentándome	compartimentándote	compartimentándole, compartimentándose	compartimentándonos	compartimentándoos	compartimentándoles, compartimentándose
	accusative	compartimentándome	compartimentándote	compartimentándolo, compartimentándola, compartimentándose	compartimentándonos	compartimentándoos	compartimentándolos, compartimentándolas, compartimentándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative compartimenta	dative	compartiméntame	compartiméntate	compartiméntale	compartiméntanos	not used	compartiméntales
	accusative	compartiméntame	compartiméntate	compartiméntalo, compartiméntala	compartiméntanos	not used	compartiméntalos, compartiméntalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative compartimentá	dative	compartimentame	compartimentate	compartimentale	compartimentanos	not used	compartimentales
	accusative	compartimentame	compartimentate	compartimentalo, compartimentala	compartimentanos	not used	compartimentalos, compartimentalas
with formal second-person singular imperative compartimente	dative	compartiménteme	not used	compartiméntele, compartiméntese	compartiméntenos	not used	compartiménteles
	accusative	compartiménteme	not used	compartiméntelo, compartiméntela, compartiméntese	compartiméntenos	not used	compartiméntelos, compartiméntelas
with first-person plural imperative compartimentemos	dative	not used	compartimentémoste	compartimentémosle	compartimentémonos	compartimentémoos	compartimentémosles
	accusative	not used	compartimentémoste	compartimentémoslo, compartimentémosla	compartimentémonos	compartimentémoos	compartimentémoslos, compartimentémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative compartimentad	dative	compartimentadme	not used	compartimentadle	compartimentadnos	compartimentaos	compartimentadles
	accusative	compartimentadme	not used	compartimentadlo, compartimentadla	compartimentadnos	compartimentaos	compartimentadlos, compartimentadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative compartimenten	dative	compartiméntenme	not used	compartiméntenle	compartiméntennos	not used	compartiméntenles, compartiméntense
	accusative	compartiméntenme	not used	compartiméntenlo, compartiméntenla	compartiméntennos	not used	compartiméntenlos, compartiméntenlas, compartiméntense

Derived terms

• compartimentación

Further reading

• “compartimentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026