English–Spanish

“make up” in Spanish

Spanish

Alsoconformar

Pronunciation

IPA/kompoˈneɾ/

Example

Tres personas componen el comité.

Three people make up the committee.

Illustration for componer (make up)

How to say “make up” in Spanish

“Make up” in Spanish is componer.

Separate elements joined into a single whole.

Full entry for componer: usage tips, similar words and word origin

Example sentences with componer

¿Puedes ayudarme a componer este mensaje?

Can you help me compose this message?

Tips for using componer

  • Componer covers assembling or composing but also repairing objects in everyday use, and the reflexive componerse commonly means to recover physically or emotionally.

Other Spanish words for “make up”

Estas tres piezas conforman la mesa.

These three pieces make up the table.

“make up” in other languages