compilar
to compile
verb kohm-pee-LAHR Rare
Origin: From Latin compilare (to plunder, to heap together)
Usage Note
Compilar means to compile in both the literary sense (gather texts into a collection) and the computing sense (convert source code into machine code). In programming, compilar el código is completely standard. The noun is compilación and the person who compiles is a compilador/compiladora.
Examples
"El programador tardó en compilar el código."
Natural Translation
The programmer took a while to compile the code.
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