compadecer
/kompadeˈseɾ/ verb C1- to feel sorry (for); to pity
- to sympathise with
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- compadecer
- Gerund
- compadeciendo
- Past participle
- compadecido
- Present (yo)
- compadezco
- Preterite (yo)
- compadecí
An irregular verb: some of its forms don’t follow the rules, so learn them by heart.
From the library
El Señor se compadeció de la desgracia de la pobre avecita y le dijo con mucha dulzura:
Al fin, ya su Señor compadecido
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