componercompuesto (participio_de_pasado)
verbo:transitivo
1 (constituir) [+comité, jurado, organización] to make up
los doce miembros que componen la junta the twelve members who make up the board; componen el jurado once personas the jury is made up of eleven people; los cuadros que componen esta exposición the pictures that make up this exhibition; the pictures in this exhibition
2 (escribir) [+poesía, sinfonía, canción] to compose; write; [+poema, tratado, redacción] to write
compuso la música de varios ballets he composed wrote the music for several ballets;o
verbo:pronominal
componerse1
componerse de to consist of; se compone de seis partes it consists of six parts
la cena se compone de dos platos y postre dinner consists of two courses and dessert
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componérselas (familiar) to manage; me las compuse cómo pude y salí adelante I managed as best I could and carried on; siempre se las compone para salirse con la suya he always manages to get his own way
¡allá que se las componga (como pueda)!o (familiar) that's his problem; that's his funeral; (familiar)
