Comparamos el número atrasado con la edición limitada.

Comparamos is the nosotros form of comparar.

It can mean either:

• we compare / we are comparing → present tense
• we compared → preterite

For -ar verbs, the nosotros form is the same in both tenses, so comparamos is ambiguous by itself. You need context to know which one is meant.

Examples:

• Hoy comparamos dos revistas. = Today we compare / are comparing two magazines.
• Ayer comparamos dos revistas. = Yesterday we compared two magazines.

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

• Comparamos already tells you the subject is we
• So Nosotros comparamos... is possible, but usually unnecessary

You would include nosotros mainly for:

• emphasis
• contrast
• clarity

Example:

• Nosotros comparamos el número atrasado, pero ellos comparan la edición nueva.

In Spanish, the usual pattern is:

comparar algo con algo

So:

• Comparamos el número atrasado con la edición limitada.

This is the normal way to say compare X with Y or compare X to Y.

English allows both compare with and compare to, but in Spanish con is the standard choice here.

Here, número does not mean just a mathematical number.

In the context of magazines, newspapers, or periodicals, número can mean an issue.

So el número atrasado means something like:

• the back issue
• the previous issue
• the old issue
  depending on context

This is a common publishing use of número.

Because número is a masculine noun in Spanish:

• el número
• not la número

The adjective must agree with the noun, so:

• el número atrasado

Even if the English translation might be issue, you still have to follow the grammatical gender of the actual Spanish noun being used, which is número.

Atrasado often means late, behind, or delayed, but in this kind of context it can refer to something older or from an earlier issue.

So número atrasado is best understood as:

• back issue
• older issue
• previous issue

A learner should know that atrasado does not always translate literally the same way in every sentence. Its exact meaning depends on context.

In Spanish, adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• número atrasado
• edición limitada

That is the normal word order.

Sometimes Spanish puts adjectives before the noun, but that often changes the tone, emphasis, or meaning. In this sentence, the standard post-noun position is the natural choice.

Spanish uses definite articles more often than English does.

Here we have:

• el número atrasado
• la edición limitada

The articles help mark both noun phrases as specific things:

• a specific back issue
• a specific limited edition

In English, you might sometimes drop an article in certain styles, but in Spanish it is very normal to keep it here.

Because the normal Spanish order is:

noun + adjective

So:

• la edición limitada = the limited edition

Putting the adjective first, la limitada edición, would sound unusual and stylistically marked in most contexts. It is not the neutral everyday wording.

Yes, it is a very close equivalent.

• edición = edition
• limitada = limited

Together, edición limitada is the standard way to say limited edition in Spanish.

Yes. Because comparamos can be either present or preterite, the sentence could mean either:

• We compare the back issue with the limited edition
• We compared the back issue with the limited edition

Only the wider context tells you which one is intended.

Time words often make it clear:

• Ahora comparamos... = Now we are comparing...
• Ayer comparamos... = Yesterday we compared...

Grammatically, yes.

It is a correct sentence:

• Comparamos = correct verb form
• el número atrasado = correct noun phrase
• con = correct preposition
• la edición limitada = correct noun phrase

Whether it feels fully natural depends on context. For example, número atrasado is most natural in a publishing context such as magazines or newspapers. Without that context, a learner might find it a bit unusual, but grammatically it is fine.