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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