recatar
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *recaptāre, from Latin re- + captāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rekaˈtaɾ/ [re.kaˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: re‧ca‧tar
Verb
recatar (first-person singular present recato, first-person singular preterite recaté, past participle recatado)
- to hide
- to retaste
Conjugation
Conjugation of recatar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | recatar | ||||||
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gerund | recatando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | recatado | recatada | |||||
plural | recatados | recatadas | |||||
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 | recato | recatastú recatásvos | recata | recatamos | recatáis | recatan | |
imperfect | recataba | recatabas | recataba | recatábamos | recatabais | recataban | |
preterite | recaté | recataste | recató | recatamos | recatasteis | recataron | |
future | recataré | recatarás | recatará | recataremos | recataréis | recatarán | |
conditional | recataría | recatarías | recataría | recataríamos | recataríais | recatarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | recate | recatestú recatésvos2 | recate | recatemos | recatéis | recaten | |
imperfect (ra) | recatara | recataras | recatara | recatáramos | recatarais | recataran | |
imperfect (se) | recatase | recatases | recatase | recatásemos | recataseis | recatasen | |
future1 | recatare | recatares | recatare | recatáremos | recatareis | recataren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | recatatú recatávos | recate | recatemos | recatad | recaten | ||
negative | no recates | no recate | no recatemos | no recatéis | no recaten |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of recatar
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 recatar | |||||||
dative | recatarme | recatarte | recatarle, recatarse | recatarnos | recataros | recatarles, recatarse | |
accusative | recatarme | recatarte | recatarlo, recatarla, recatarse | recatarnos | recataros | recatarlos, recatarlas, recatarse | |
with gerund recatando | |||||||
dative | recatándome | recatándote | recatándole, recatándose | recatándonos | recatándoos | recatándoles, recatándose | |
accusative | recatándome | recatándote | recatándolo, recatándola, recatándose | recatándonos | recatándoos | recatándolos, recatándolas, recatándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative recata | |||||||
dative | recátame | recátate | recátale | recátanos | not used | recátales | |
accusative | recátame | recátate | recátalo, recátala | recátanos | not used | recátalos, recátalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative recatá | |||||||
dative | recatame | recatate | recatale | recatanos | not used | recatales | |
accusative | recatame | recatate | recatalo, recatala | recatanos | not used | recatalos, recatalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative recate | |||||||
dative | recáteme | not used | recátele, recátese | recátenos | not used | recáteles | |
accusative | recáteme | not used | recátelo, recátela, recátese | recátenos | not used | recátelos, recátelas | |
with first-person plural imperative recatemos | |||||||
dative | not used | recatémoste | recatémosle | recatémonos | recatémoos | recatémosles | |
accusative | not used | recatémoste | recatémoslo, recatémosla | recatémonos | recatémoos | recatémoslos, recatémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative recatad | |||||||
dative | recatadme | not used | recatadle | recatadnos | recataos | recatadles | |
accusative | recatadme | not used | recatadlo, recatadla | recatadnos | recataos | recatadlos, recatadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative recaten | |||||||
dative | recátenme | not used | recátenle | recátennos | not used | recátenles, recátense | |
accusative | recátenme | not used | recátenlo, recátenla | recátennos | not used | recátenlos, recátenlas, recátense |
Derived terms
- recatado
Further reading
- “recatar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014