comprometre

Borrowed from Latin compromittere (“to make a mutual promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter”), from com- (“together”) + promittere (“to promise”). Adapted to Catalan metre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kum.pɾuˈmɛ.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kom.pɾoˈmə.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [kom.pɾoˈme.tɾe]

comprometre (first-person singular present comprometo, first-person singular preterite comprometí, past participle compromès); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. to compromise

• comprometedor

• compromís

• “comprometre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.