reciprocar
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin reciproco.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /reθipɾoˈkaɾ/ [re.θi.pɾoˈkaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /resipɾoˈkaɾ/ [re.si.pɾoˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: re‧ci‧pro‧car
Verb
reciprocar (first-person singular present reciproco, first-person singular preterite reciproqué, past participle reciprocado)
- (transitive) to reciprocate
Conjugation
Conjugation of reciprocar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | reciprocar | ||||||
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gerund | reciprocando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | reciprocado | reciprocada | |||||
plural | reciprocados | reciprocadas | |||||
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 | reciproco | reciprocastú reciprocásvos | reciproca | reciprocamos | reciprocáis | reciprocan | |
imperfect | reciprocaba | reciprocabas | reciprocaba | reciprocábamos | reciprocabais | reciprocaban | |
preterite | reciproqué | reciprocaste | reciprocó | reciprocamos | reciprocasteis | reciprocaron | |
future | reciprocaré | reciprocarás | reciprocará | reciprocaremos | reciprocaréis | reciprocarán | |
conditional | reciprocaría | reciprocarías | reciprocaría | reciprocaríamos | reciprocaríais | reciprocarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | reciproque | reciproquestú reciproquésvos2 | reciproque | reciproquemos | reciproquéis | reciproquen | |
imperfect (ra) | reciprocara | reciprocaras | reciprocara | reciprocáramos | reciprocarais | reciprocaran | |
imperfect (se) | reciprocase | reciprocases | reciprocase | reciprocásemos | reciprocaseis | reciprocasen | |
future1 | reciprocare | reciprocares | reciprocare | reciprocáremos | reciprocareis | reciprocaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | reciprocatú reciprocávos | reciproque | reciproquemos | reciprocad | reciproquen | ||
negative | no reciproques | no reciproque | no reciproquemos | no reciproquéis | no reciproquen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of reciprocar (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 reciprocar | |||||||
dative | reciprocarme | reciprocarte | reciprocarle, reciprocarse | reciprocarnos | reciprocaros | reciprocarles, reciprocarse | |
accusative | reciprocarme | reciprocarte | reciprocarlo, reciprocarla, reciprocarse | reciprocarnos | reciprocaros | reciprocarlos, reciprocarlas, reciprocarse | |
with gerund reciprocando | |||||||
dative | reciprocándome | reciprocándote | reciprocándole, reciprocándose | reciprocándonos | reciprocándoos | reciprocándoles, reciprocándose | |
accusative | reciprocándome | reciprocándote | reciprocándolo, reciprocándola, reciprocándose | reciprocándonos | reciprocándoos | reciprocándolos, reciprocándolas, reciprocándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative reciproca | |||||||
dative | reciprócame | reciprócate | reciprócale | reciprócanos | not used | reciprócales | |
accusative | reciprócame | reciprócate | reciprócalo, reciprócala | reciprócanos | not used | reciprócalos, reciprócalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative reciprocá | |||||||
dative | reciprocame | reciprocate | reciprocale | reciprocanos | not used | reciprocales | |
accusative | reciprocame | reciprocate | reciprocalo, reciprocala | reciprocanos | not used | reciprocalos, reciprocalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative reciproque | |||||||
dative | recipróqueme | not used | recipróquele, recipróquese | recipróquenos | not used | recipróqueles | |
accusative | recipróqueme | not used | recipróquelo, recipróquela, recipróquese | recipróquenos | not used | recipróquelos, recipróquelas | |
with first-person plural imperative reciproquemos | |||||||
dative | not used | reciproquémoste | reciproquémosle | reciproquémonos | reciproquémoos | reciproquémosles | |
accusative | not used | reciproquémoste | reciproquémoslo, reciproquémosla | reciproquémonos | reciproquémoos | reciproquémoslos, reciproquémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative reciprocad | |||||||
dative | reciprocadme | not used | reciprocadle | reciprocadnos | reciprocaos | reciprocadles | |
accusative | reciprocadme | not used | reciprocadlo, reciprocadla | reciprocadnos | reciprocaos | reciprocadlos, reciprocadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative reciproquen | |||||||
dative | recipróquenme | not used | recipróquenle | recipróquennos | not used | recipróquenles, recipróquense | |
accusative | recipróquenme | not used | recipróquenlo, recipróquenla | recipróquennos | not used | recipróquenlos, recipróquenlas, recipróquense |
Related terms
- reciprocación
- recíproco
Further reading
- “reciprocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014