reconfortar

reconfortar

Catalan

Verb

reconfortar (first-person singular present reconforto, past participle reconfortat)

1. (transitive) to comfort

Conjugation

Conjugation of reconfortar (first conjugation)

infinitive			reconfortar
present participle			reconfortant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		reconfortat		reconfortada
		plural		reconfortats		reconfortades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	reconforto	reconfortes	reconforta	reconfortem	reconforteu	reconforten
	imperfect	reconfortava	reconfortaves	reconfortava	reconfortàvem	reconfortàveu	reconfortaven
	future	reconfortaré	reconfortaràs	reconfortarà	reconfortarem	reconfortareu	reconfortaran
	preterite	reconfortí	reconfortares	reconfortà	reconfortàrem	reconfortàreu	reconfortaren
	conditional	reconfortaria	reconfortaries	reconfortaria	reconfortaríem	reconfortaríeu	reconfortarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	reconforti	reconfortis	reconforti	reconfortem	reconforteu	reconfortin
	imperfect	reconfortés	reconfortessis	reconfortés	reconfortéssim	reconfortéssiu	reconfortessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	reconforta	reconforti	reconfortem	reconforteu	reconfortin

Further reading

• “reconfortar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “reconfortar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “reconfortar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “reconfortar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Verb

reconfortar (first-person singular present reconforto, first-person singular preterite reconfortei, past participle reconfortado)

1. to comfort (relieve the distress or suffering of)

   Synonym: consolar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reconfortar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	reconfortar
Personal	reconfortar	reconfortares	reconfortar	reconfortarmos	reconfortardes	reconfortarem
Gerund
	reconfortando
Past participle
Masculine	reconfortado			reconfortados
Feminine	reconfortada			reconfortadas
Indicative
Present	reconforto	reconfortas	reconforta	reconfortamos	reconfortais	reconfortam
Imperfect	reconfortava	reconfortavas	reconfortava	reconfortávamos	reconfortáveis	reconfortavam
Preterite	reconfortei	reconfortaste	reconfortou	reconfortamos1, reconfortámos2	reconfortastes	reconfortaram
Pluperfect	reconfortara	reconfortaras	reconfortara	reconfortáramos	reconfortáreis	reconfortaram
Future	reconfortarei	reconfortarás	reconfortará	reconfortaremos	reconfortareis	reconfortarão
Conditional
	reconfortaria	reconfortarias	reconfortaria	reconfortaríamos	reconfortaríeis	reconfortariam
Subjunctive
Present	reconforte	reconfortes	reconforte	reconfortemos	reconforteis	reconfortem
Imperfect	reconfortasse	reconfortasses	reconfortasse	reconfortássemos	reconfortásseis	reconfortassem
Future	reconfortar	reconfortares	reconfortar	reconfortarmos	reconfortardes	reconfortarem
Imperative
Affirmative		reconforta	reconforte	reconfortemos	reconfortai	reconfortem
Negative (não)		não reconfortes	não reconforte	não reconfortemos	não reconforteis	não reconfortem

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

Further reading

• “reconfortar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

re- +‎ confortar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rekonfoɾˈtaɾ/ [re.kõɱ.foɾˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧con‧for‧tar

Verb

reconfortar (first-person singular present reconforto, first-person singular preterite reconforté, past participle reconfortado)

1. to comfort
2. to cheer up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reconfortar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			reconfortar
gerund			reconfortando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		reconfortado		reconfortada
		plural		reconfortados		reconfortadas
		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	reconforto	reconfortastú reconfortásvos	reconforta	reconfortamos	reconfortáis	reconfortan
	imperfect	reconfortaba	reconfortabas	reconfortaba	reconfortábamos	reconfortabais	reconfortaban
	preterite	reconforté	reconfortaste	reconfortó	reconfortamos	reconfortasteis	reconfortaron
	future	reconfortaré	reconfortarás	reconfortará	reconfortaremos	reconfortaréis	reconfortarán
	conditional	reconfortaría	reconfortarías	reconfortaría	reconfortaríamos	reconfortaríais	reconfortarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	reconforte	reconfortestú reconfortésvos2	reconforte	reconfortemos	reconfortéis	reconforten
	imperfect (ra)	reconfortara	reconfortaras	reconfortara	reconfortáramos	reconfortarais	reconfortaran
	imperfect (se)	reconfortase	reconfortases	reconfortase	reconfortásemos	reconfortaseis	reconfortasen
	future1	reconfortare	reconfortares	reconfortare	reconfortáremos	reconfortareis	reconfortaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		reconfortatú reconfortávos	reconforte	reconfortemos	reconfortad	reconforten
	negative		no reconfortes	no reconforte	no reconfortemos	no reconfortéis	no reconforten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of reconfortar

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 reconfortar
	dative	reconfortarme	reconfortarte	reconfortarle, reconfortarse	reconfortarnos	reconfortaros	reconfortarles, reconfortarse
	accusative	reconfortarme	reconfortarte	reconfortarlo, reconfortarla, reconfortarse	reconfortarnos	reconfortaros	reconfortarlos, reconfortarlas, reconfortarse
with gerund reconfortando
	dative	reconfortándome	reconfortándote	reconfortándole, reconfortándose	reconfortándonos	reconfortándoos	reconfortándoles, reconfortándose
	accusative	reconfortándome	reconfortándote	reconfortándolo, reconfortándola, reconfortándose	reconfortándonos	reconfortándoos	reconfortándolos, reconfortándolas, reconfortándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative reconforta
	dative	reconfórtame	reconfórtate	reconfórtale	reconfórtanos	not used	reconfórtales
	accusative	reconfórtame	reconfórtate	reconfórtalo, reconfórtala	reconfórtanos	not used	reconfórtalos, reconfórtalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative reconfortá
	dative	reconfortame	reconfortate	reconfortale	reconfortanos	not used	reconfortales
	accusative	reconfortame	reconfortate	reconfortalo, reconfortala	reconfortanos	not used	reconfortalos, reconfortalas
with formal second-person singular imperative reconforte
	dative	reconfórteme	not used	reconfórtele, reconfórtese	reconfórtenos	not used	reconfórteles
	accusative	reconfórteme	not used	reconfórtelo, reconfórtela, reconfórtese	reconfórtenos	not used	reconfórtelos, reconfórtelas
with first-person plural imperative reconfortemos
	dative	not used	reconfortémoste	reconfortémosle	reconfortémonos	reconfortémoos	reconfortémosles
	accusative	not used	reconfortémoste	reconfortémoslo, reconfortémosla	reconfortémonos	reconfortémoos	reconfortémoslos, reconfortémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative reconfortad
	dative	reconfortadme	not used	reconfortadle	reconfortadnos	reconfortaos	reconfortadles
	accusative	reconfortadme	not used	reconfortadlo, reconfortadla	reconfortadnos	reconfortaos	reconfortadlos, reconfortadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative reconforten
	dative	reconfórtenme	not used	reconfórtenle	reconfórtennos	not used	reconfórtenles, reconfórtense
	accusative	reconfórtenme	not used	reconfórtenlo, reconfórtenla	reconfórtennos	not used	reconfórtenlos, reconfórtenlas, reconfórtense

Derived terms

• reconfortador
• reconfortante

Further reading

• “reconfortar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014