reclutar
Catalan
Etymology
From French recruter.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /rə.kluˈta/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /re.kluˈtaɾ/
- Homophone: reclutà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
reclutar (first-person singular present recluto, past participle reclutat)
- (transitive) to recruit (enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
Conjugation
Conjugation of reclutar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | reclutar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | reclutant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | reclutat | reclutada | |||||
| plural | reclutats | reclutades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | recluto | reclutes | recluta | reclutem | recluteu | recluten | |
| imperfect | reclutava | reclutaves | reclutava | reclutàvem | reclutàveu | reclutaven | |
| future | reclutaré | reclutaràs | reclutarà | reclutarem | reclutareu | reclutaran | |
| preterite | reclutí | reclutares | reclutà | reclutàrem | reclutàreu | reclutaren | |
| conditional | reclutaria | reclutaries | reclutaria | reclutaríem | reclutaríeu | reclutarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | recluti | reclutis | recluti | reclutem | recluteu | reclutin | |
| imperfect | reclutés | reclutessis | reclutés | reclutéssim | reclutéssiu | reclutessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | recluta | recluti | reclutem | recluteu | reclutin | ||
Derived terms
- recluta
- reclutador
- reclutament
Further reading
- “reclutar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “reclutar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “reclutar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “reclutar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Etymology
From French recruter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rekluˈtaɾ/ [re.kluˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: re‧clu‧tar
Verb
reclutar (first-person singular present recluto, first-person singular preterite recluté, past participle reclutado)
- (transitive) to recruit (enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
Conjugation
Conjugation of reclutar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | reclutar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | reclutando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | reclutado | reclutada | |||||
| plural | reclutados | reclutadas | |||||
| 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 | recluto | reclutastú reclutásvos | recluta | reclutamos | reclutáis | reclutan | |
| imperfect | reclutaba | reclutabas | reclutaba | reclutábamos | reclutabais | reclutaban | |
| preterite | recluté | reclutaste | reclutó | reclutamos | reclutasteis | reclutaron | |
| future | reclutaré | reclutarás | reclutará | reclutaremos | reclutaréis | reclutarán | |
| conditional | reclutaría | reclutarías | reclutaría | reclutaríamos | reclutaríais | reclutarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | reclute | reclutestú reclutésvos2 | reclute | reclutemos | reclutéis | recluten | |
| imperfect (ra) | reclutara | reclutaras | reclutara | reclutáramos | reclutarais | reclutaran | |
| imperfect (se) | reclutase | reclutases | reclutase | reclutásemos | reclutaseis | reclutasen | |
| future1 | reclutare | reclutares | reclutare | reclutáremos | reclutareis | reclutaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | reclutatú reclutávos | reclute | reclutemos | reclutad | recluten | ||
| negative | no reclutes | no reclute | no reclutemos | no reclutéis | no recluten | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of reclutar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive reclutar | |||||||
| dative | reclutarme | reclutarte | reclutarle, reclutarse | reclutarnos | reclutaros | reclutarles, reclutarse | |
| accusative | reclutarme | reclutarte | reclutarlo, reclutarla, reclutarse | reclutarnos | reclutaros | reclutarlos, reclutarlas, reclutarse | |
| with gerund reclutando | |||||||
| dative | reclutándome | reclutándote | reclutándole, reclutándose | reclutándonos | reclutándoos | reclutándoles, reclutándose | |
| accusative | reclutándome | reclutándote | reclutándolo, reclutándola, reclutándose | reclutándonos | reclutándoos | reclutándolos, reclutándolas, reclutándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative recluta | |||||||
| dative | reclútame | reclútate | reclútale | reclútanos | not used | reclútales | |
| accusative | reclútame | reclútate | reclútalo, reclútala | reclútanos | not used | reclútalos, reclútalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative reclutá | |||||||
| dative | reclutame | reclutate | reclutale | reclutanos | not used | reclutales | |
| accusative | reclutame | reclutate | reclutalo, reclutala | reclutanos | not used | reclutalos, reclutalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative reclute | |||||||
| dative | reclúteme | not used | reclútele, reclútese | reclútenos | not used | reclúteles | |
| accusative | reclúteme | not used | reclútelo, reclútela, reclútese | reclútenos | not used | reclútelos, reclútelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative reclutemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | reclutémoste | reclutémosle | reclutémonos | reclutémoos | reclutémosles | |
| accusative | not used | reclutémoste | reclutémoslo, reclutémosla | reclutémonos | reclutémoos | reclutémoslos, reclutémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative reclutad | |||||||
| dative | reclutadme | not used | reclutadle | reclutadnos | reclutaos | reclutadles | |
| accusative | reclutadme | not used | reclutadlo, reclutadla | reclutadnos | reclutaos | reclutadlos, reclutadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative recluten | |||||||
| dative | reclútenme | not used | reclútenle | reclútennos | not used | reclútenles, reclútense | |
| accusative | reclútenme | not used | reclútenlo, reclútenla | reclútennos | not used | reclútenlos, reclútenlas, reclútense | |
Derived terms
- recluta
- reclutador
- reclutamiento
Further reading
- “reclutar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014