Spanish Conversation · Level 112
60 words
Spanish word
componer
Pronunciation
IPA/kompoˈneɾ/
Meaning
- verbmake up
Example
Tres personas componen el comité.
Three people make up the committee.
More examples
¿Puedes ayudarme a componer este mensaje?
Can you help me compose this message?
Core concept
Separate elements joined into a single whole.
Common phrases
componer una carta
compose a letter
componer un mensaje
compose a message
componer una oración
compose a sentence
Similar words
formar: Individual elements or people combine to make a single group.
armar: Pieces or parts are put together to build a specific object or mechanism.
reunir: Dispersed people or items gather into a single location.
constituir: Distinct elements combine to constitute an organized body or assembly.
Definition in Spanish
Constituir algo a partir de varios elementos; indicar que varias partes forman un todo.
Word origin
From Latin componere (com- 'together' + ponere 'to place'), originally meaning to place elements together to form one whole.
Usage tips
- Componer covers assembling or composing but also repairing objects in everyday use, and the reflexive componerse commonly means to recover physically or emotionally.
Other meanings
- repairverb
- composeverb
- arrangeverb
Opposites
- deshacerundoverb
Related words
- composicióncompositionnoun
- compositorcomposernoun