rebuscar
Portuguese
Etymology
From re- + buscar.
Verb
rebuscar (first-person singular present rebusco, first-person singular preterite rebusquei, past participle rebuscado)
- to rummage
- to glean
- inflection of rebuscar:
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive
Conjugation
Conjugation of rebuscar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | rebuscar | |||||
Personal | rebuscar | rebuscares | rebuscar | rebuscarmos | rebuscardes | rebuscarem |
Gerund | ||||||
rebuscando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | rebuscado | rebuscados | ||||
Feminine | rebuscada | rebuscadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | rebusco | rebuscas | rebusca | rebuscamos | rebuscais | rebuscam |
Imperfect | rebuscava | rebuscavas | rebuscava | rebuscávamos | rebuscáveis | rebuscavam |
Preterite | rebusquei | rebuscaste | rebuscou | rebuscamos1, rebuscámos2 | rebuscastes | rebuscaram |
Pluperfect | rebuscara | rebuscaras | rebuscara | rebuscáramos | rebuscáreis | rebuscaram |
Future | rebuscarei | rebuscarás | rebuscará | rebuscaremos | rebuscareis | rebuscarão |
Conditional | ||||||
rebuscaria | rebuscarias | rebuscaria | rebuscaríamos | rebuscaríeis | rebuscariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | rebusque | rebusques | rebusque | rebusquemos | rebusqueis | rebusquem |
Imperfect | rebuscasse | rebuscasses | rebuscasse | rebuscássemos | rebuscásseis | rebuscassem |
Future | rebuscar | rebuscares | rebuscar | rebuscarmos | rebuscardes | rebuscarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | rebusca | rebusque | rebusquemos | rebuscai | rebusquem | |
Negative (não) | não rebusques | não rebusque | não rebusquemos | não rebusqueis | não rebusquem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
From re- + buscar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rebusˈkaɾ/ [re.β̞usˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: re‧bus‧car
Verb
rebuscar (first-person singular present rebusco, first-person singular preterite rebusqué, past participle rebuscado)
- (transitive) to search, root, rummage, comb
- (transitive) to glean
- (transitive) to seek after
Conjugation
Conjugation of rebuscar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | rebuscar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | rebuscando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | rebuscado | rebuscada | |||||
plural | rebuscados | rebuscadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | rebusco | rebuscastú rebuscásvos | rebusca | rebuscamos | rebuscáis | rebuscan | |
imperfect | rebuscaba | rebuscabas | rebuscaba | rebuscábamos | rebuscabais | rebuscaban | |
preterite | rebusqué | rebuscaste | rebuscó | rebuscamos | rebuscasteis | rebuscaron | |
future | rebuscaré | rebuscarás | rebuscará | rebuscaremos | rebuscaréis | rebuscarán | |
conditional | rebuscaría | rebuscarías | rebuscaría | rebuscaríamos | rebuscaríais | rebuscarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | rebusque | rebusquestú rebusquésvos2 | rebusque | rebusquemos | rebusquéis | rebusquen | |
imperfect (ra) | rebuscara | rebuscaras | rebuscara | rebuscáramos | rebuscarais | rebuscaran | |
imperfect (se) | rebuscase | rebuscases | rebuscase | rebuscásemos | rebuscaseis | rebuscasen | |
future1 | rebuscare | rebuscares | rebuscare | rebuscáremos | rebuscareis | rebuscaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | rebuscatú rebuscávos | rebusque | rebusquemos | rebuscad | rebusquen | ||
negative | no rebusques | no rebusque | no rebusquemos | no rebusquéis | no rebusquen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of rebuscar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive rebuscar | |||||||
dative | rebuscarme | rebuscarte | rebuscarle, rebuscarse | rebuscarnos | rebuscaros | rebuscarles, rebuscarse | |
accusative | rebuscarme | rebuscarte | rebuscarlo, rebuscarla, rebuscarse | rebuscarnos | rebuscaros | rebuscarlos, rebuscarlas, rebuscarse | |
with gerund rebuscando | |||||||
dative | rebuscándome | rebuscándote | rebuscándole, rebuscándose | rebuscándonos | rebuscándoos | rebuscándoles, rebuscándose | |
accusative | rebuscándome | rebuscándote | rebuscándolo, rebuscándola, rebuscándose | rebuscándonos | rebuscándoos | rebuscándolos, rebuscándolas, rebuscándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative rebusca | |||||||
dative | rebúscame | rebúscate | rebúscale | rebúscanos | not used | rebúscales | |
accusative | rebúscame | rebúscate | rebúscalo, rebúscala | rebúscanos | not used | rebúscalos, rebúscalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative rebuscá | |||||||
dative | rebuscame | rebuscate | rebuscale | rebuscanos | not used | rebuscales | |
accusative | rebuscame | rebuscate | rebuscalo, rebuscala | rebuscanos | not used | rebuscalos, rebuscalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative rebusque | |||||||
dative | rebúsqueme | not used | rebúsquele, rebúsquese | rebúsquenos | not used | rebúsqueles | |
accusative | rebúsqueme | not used | rebúsquelo, rebúsquela, rebúsquese | rebúsquenos | not used | rebúsquelos, rebúsquelas | |
with first-person plural imperative rebusquemos | |||||||
dative | not used | rebusquémoste | rebusquémosle | rebusquémonos | rebusquémoos | rebusquémosles | |
accusative | not used | rebusquémoste | rebusquémoslo, rebusquémosla | rebusquémonos | rebusquémoos | rebusquémoslos, rebusquémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative rebuscad | |||||||
dative | rebuscadme | not used | rebuscadle | rebuscadnos | rebuscaos | rebuscadles | |
accusative | rebuscadme | not used | rebuscadlo, rebuscadla | rebuscadnos | rebuscaos | rebuscadlos, rebuscadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative rebusquen | |||||||
dative | rebúsquenme | not used | rebúsquenle | rebúsquennos | not used | rebúsquenles, rebúsquense | |
accusative | rebúsquenme | not used | rebúsquenlo, rebúsquenla | rebúsquennos | not used | rebúsquenlos, rebúsquenlas, rebúsquense |
Further reading
- “rebuscar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014