Comparamos la teoría con el resultado.

Comparamos is the 1st person plural form of comparar in the present indicative.

So it means we compare.

This ending -amos is typical for -ar verbs in the nosotros form:

• hablar → hablamos
• estudiar → estudiamos
• comparar → comparamos

Depending on context, comparamos can sometimes also mean we compared in certain situations, because this form is identical in the present and the preterite for nosotros with -ar verbs. But if the sentence is being presented as a simple general statement, the usual reading is we compare.

Spanish often omits subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

Here, comparamos already tells us the subject is we, so nosotros is not necessary.

You could say:

• Nosotros comparamos la teoría con el resultado.

But this usually sounds more emphatic, as if you are stressing we:

• We compare the theory with the result.
• We, not someone else, compare them.

In normal Spanish, leaving out nosotros is more natural.

Spanish uses the definite article much more often than English.

So where English might say:

• We compare theory with the result

Spanish often prefers:

• Comparamos la teoría con el resultado

Here, la teoría means the theory, and the article sounds natural because you are referring to a specific concept or theory already known in context.

Using teoría without la would usually sound less natural in this kind of sentence unless the context strongly called for it.

Resultado is a masculine singular noun, so it takes the masculine singular article el.

• el resultado = the result

This is just standard noun gender agreement:

• la teoría because teoría is feminine
• el resultado because resultado is masculine

The gender of a noun in Spanish is grammatical, not necessarily logical, so it is something you learn with each noun.

In Spanish, the usual pattern is:

comparar algo con algo

So:

• Comparamos la teoría con el resultado.
• We compare the theory with the result.

The preposition con is the normal choice after comparar when you are stating what two things are being compared.

English can use either compare X with Y or compare X to Y, but Spanish most commonly uses con in this kind of neutral comparison.

Yes. That would also be grammatically correct.

Both mean that the two things are being compared, but the first noun usually feels like the starting point or focus.

So:

• Comparamos la teoría con el resultado = we compare the theory with the result
• Comparamos el resultado con la teoría = we compare the result with the theory

The difference is mostly one of focus, not basic meaning.

Mostly yes, but the preposition pattern is important.

A very common structure is:

• comparar A con B

Examples:

• Comparo mi respuesta con la tuya.
• Comparamos los datos con las predicciones.

Spanish also has related forms like:

• comparado con = compared with / compared to

Example:

• Comparado con el año pasado, es mejor.

So the verb is similar to English, but it is best to learn it with its common pattern: comparar algo con algo.

The accent mark in teoría shows the stress pattern and helps indicate that í and a are pronounced in separate syllables.

So it is pronounced roughly:

• te-o-RÍ-a

Without the accent, the pronunciation rules would suggest a different stress pattern.

This written accent is important because it tells you the word has a hiatus rather than merging the vowels into one syllable.

In standard Peninsular Spanish, it is pronounced approximately:

kom-pa-RA-mos

The stress is on ra.

A rough guide for the whole sentence:

• Comparamos la teoría con el resultado
• kom-pa-RA-mos la te-o-RÍ-a kon el re-sul-TA-do

A few notes:

• c in con sounds like a normal k sound
• r in resultado is a soft tapped r
• teoría has four syllables: te-o-rí-a

Yes. With nosotros forms of regular -ar verbs, the present and preterite forms look the same.

So comparamos can mean:

• we compare
• we compared

The context tells you which one is meant.

For example:

• Cada semana comparamos la teoría con el resultado.
  = Every week we compare the theory with the result.
• Ayer comparamos la teoría con el resultado.
  = Yesterday we compared the theory with the result.

Without context, learners usually interpret it as present tense first.

No, Spanish word order is fairly flexible, although this version is the most neutral:

• Comparamos la teoría con el resultado.

You might also see:

• La teoría la comparamos con el resultado.

That version adds emphasis to la teoría.

But for a simple, standard statement, verb + object + con + object is the most natural order here.