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componer

to compose

verb kohm-poh-NEHR Less Common

Origin: From Latin componere (to put together).

Also means

to make up

Usage Note

Componer is an irregular verb following the pattern of poner: compongo, compones… It means 'to compose' (music or writing) and also 'to repair or fix' in colloquial use (componer un aparato). The past participle compuesto ('composed, made up of') is irregular and used in the phrase estar compuesto de ('to be made up of').

Examples

"Beethoven compuso nueve sinfonías."

Natural Translation

Beethoven composed nine symphonies.

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