Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kum.plə.mənˈta]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#COMPLEMENTAR
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kom.plə.mənˈta]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#COMPLEMENTAR
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kom.ple.menˈtaɾ]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#COMPLEMENTAR
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)Category:Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)/4 syllables#COMPLEMENTAR

Verb

complementar (first-person singular present complemento, first-person singular preterite complementí, past participle complementat)Category:Catalan lemmas#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Catalan verbs#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Catalan first conjugation verbs#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Pages with entries#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#COMPLEMENTAR; root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitiveCategory:Catalan transitive verbs#COMPLEMENTAR) to complement (to provide what the partner lacks)

Further reading

• “complementar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Verb

complementar (first-person singular present complemento, first-person singular preterite complementei, past participle complementado)Category:Galician lemmas#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Galician verbs#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Galician verbs ending in -ar#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Pages with entries#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#COMPLEMENTAR

1. (transitiveCategory:Galician transitive verbs#COMPLEMENTAR) to complement (to provide what the partner lacks)

Further reading

• “complementar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: com‧ple‧men‧tar

Adjective

complementar m or f (plural complementares)Category:Portuguese lemmas#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Portuguese adjectives#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Portuguese epicene adjectives#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Pages with entries#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#COMPLEMENTAR

1. complementary

Verb

complementar (first-person singular present complemento, first-person singular preterite complementei, past participle complementado)Category:Portuguese lemmas#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Portuguese verbs#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -ar#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Pages with entries#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#COMPLEMENTAR

1. to complement

Further reading

• “complementar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “complementar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#COMPLEMENTAR complémentaire. By surface analysis, complement +‎ -arCategory:Romanian terms suffixed with -ar#COMPLEMENTAR.

Adjective

complementar m or n (feminine singular complementară, masculine plural complementari, feminine/neuter plural complementare)Category:Romanian lemmas#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Romanian adjectives#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Pages with entries#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#COMPLEMENTAR

1. complementary

Etymology

From complemento +‎ -arCategory:Spanish terms suffixed with -ar#COMPLEMENTAR.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komplemenˈtaɾ/ [kõm.ple.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]Category:Spanish 4-syllable words#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#COMPLEMENTAR
• Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/4 syllables#COMPLEMENTAR
• Syllabification: com‧ple‧men‧tar

Verb

complementar (first-person singular present complemento, first-person singular preterite complementé, past participle complementado)Category:Spanish lemmas#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Spanish verbs#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Pages with entries#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#COMPLEMENTAR

1. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#COMPLEMENTAR) to complement (to provide what the partner lacks)
   • 2020 August 5, Angel Jiménez de Luis, “Estas son las nuevas iMac de Apple”, in CNN en Español‎, archived from the original on 19 August 2025:

     Es una experiencia que complementa la CPU y la GPU para realizar las tareas más rápido y que se apoya en el chip T2 integrado, que también controla la seguridad del equipo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

     Category:Spanish terms with quotations#COMPLEMENTARCategory:Requests for translations of Spanish quotations#COMPLEMENTAR

2. to eke out

Further reading

• “complementar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025