Usage Note
Compromettere carries a negative sense in Italian — it means to put something at risk or damage it (compromettere la salute — 'to jeopardize one's health'), unlike English 'to compromise' which can be neutral or positive. For the positive sense of 'reaching a compromise', Italians use scendere a compromessi or trovare un accordo. Past participle: compromesso (also the noun for 'compromise/agreement').
Examples
"Quella decisione ha compromesso la sua carriera."
Natural Translation
That decision jeopardized his career.
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