comprometre

Pronúncia: kumpɾumɛ́tɾə
    [participi compromès] verb transitiu
  1. [persona] to compromise, embarrass, put in an awkward situation.
  2. to involve, implicate.
  3. aquelles cartes la van comprometre those letters compromised her.
  4. [reputació, etc.] to risk
  5. to endanger, jeopardize.
  6. comprometre una cosa a algú to hold someone to something, pin someone down to something.
  7. to promise, keep.
    8. verb pronominal
  8. to compromise oneself.
  9. to get involved (en in).
  10. comprometre’s a fer una cosa to (undertake \ promise \ engage) to do something.
  11. en Joan es compromet a tot John says yes to everything.



    12. FALSOS AMICS!

    Després de festejar anys i panys van trencar, i això que feia poc temps que s’havien compromès. After going out together for so many years, they broke up not so long after they got engaged.
    Aquesta nit no puc venir amb vosaltres: ja m’he compromès a sortir amb el meu germà. I’m afraid I can’t go out with you tonight, I’ve already arranged to go out with my brother.
    Es va comprometre a acabar la feina abans d’una setmana. He promised to finish the work within a week