recar
Catalan
Etymology
From earlier racar. Ultimate origin uncertain.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /rəˈka/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /reˈkaɾ/
Verb
recar (first-person singular present reco, past participle recat)
- (impersonal) to regret
- Em reca que malgrat tot l'esforç fet no hem pogut evitar-ho.
- I regret that despite all efforts we were not able to avoid it.
Conjugation
Conjugation of recar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | recar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | recant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | recat | recada | |||||
| plural | recats | recades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | reco | reques | reca | requem | requeu | requen | |
| imperfect | recava | recaves | recava | recàvem | recàveu | recaven | |
| future | recaré | recaràs | recarà | recarem | recareu | recaran | |
| preterite | requí | recares | recà | recàrem | recàreu | recaren | |
| conditional | recaria | recaries | recaria | recaríem | recaríeu | recarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | requi | requis | requi | requem | requeu | requin | |
| imperfect | requés | requessis | requés | requéssim | requéssiu | requessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | reca | requi | requem | requeu | requin | ||
Further reading
- “recar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “recar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.