This week’s Spanish word of the week is compromiso.
Compromiso is a masculine noun that means engagement or commitment. You can listen to the pronunciation of compromiso in the audio clip below:
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This is another Spanish word which isn’t quite what it seems. In some of its main uses it means engagement or commitment rather than ‘compromise’:
Tenían un compromiso previo. They had a prior engagement.
La directora tuvo que cancelar todos sus compromisos. The director had to cancel all her engagements.
una anillo de compromiso an engagement ring
and also:
el compromiso del gobierno con la prevención de la delincuencia the government’s commitment to crime prevention
For other possible translations, see our main Spanish-English dictionary entry. We hope that you come back again to learn about our next Spanish word of the week.
