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compilar

to compile

verb kohm-pee-LAHR Rare

Origin: From Latin compilare (to plunder, to heap together)

Usage Note

Compilar means to compile in both the literary sense (gather texts into a collection) and the computing sense (convert source code into machine code). In programming, compilar el código is completely standard. The noun is compilación and the person who compiles is a compilador/compiladora.

Examples

"El programador tardó en compilar el código."

Natural Translation

The programmer took a while to compile the code.

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