recontar
Portuguese
Etymology
From re- + contar.
Verb
recontar (first-person singular present reconto, first-person singular preterite recontei, past participle recontado)
- to recount (to count again)
- to recount (to tell over)
Conjugation
Conjugation of recontar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | recontar | |||||
Personal | recontar | recontares | recontar | recontarmos | recontardes | recontarem |
Gerund | ||||||
recontando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | recontado | recontados | ||||
Feminine | recontada | recontadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | reconto | recontas | reconta | recontamos | recontais | recontam |
Imperfect | recontava | recontavas | recontava | recontávamos | recontáveis | recontavam |
Preterite | recontei | recontaste | recontou | recontamos1, recontámos2 | recontastes | recontaram |
Pluperfect | recontara | recontaras | recontara | recontáramos | recontáreis | recontaram |
Future | recontarei | recontarás | recontará | recontaremos | recontareis | recontarão |
Conditional | ||||||
recontaria | recontarias | recontaria | recontaríamos | recontaríeis | recontariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | reconte | recontes | reconte | recontemos | reconteis | recontem |
Imperfect | recontasse | recontasses | recontasse | recontássemos | recontásseis | recontassem |
Future | recontar | recontares | recontar | recontarmos | recontardes | recontarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | reconta | reconte | recontemos | recontai | recontem | |
Negative (não) | não recontes | não reconte | não recontemos | não reconteis | não recontem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
re- + contar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rekonˈtaɾ/ [re.kõn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: re‧con‧tar
Verb
recontar (first-person singular present recuento, first-person singular preterite reconté, past participle recontado)
- to recount
- to narrate
Conjugation
Conjugation of recontar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | recontar | ||||||
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gerund | recontando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | recontado | recontada | |||||
plural | recontados | recontadas | |||||
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 | recuento | recuentastú recontásvos | recuenta | recontamos | recontáis | recuentan | |
imperfect | recontaba | recontabas | recontaba | recontábamos | recontabais | recontaban | |
preterite | reconté | recontaste | recontó | recontamos | recontasteis | recontaron | |
future | recontaré | recontarás | recontará | recontaremos | recontaréis | recontarán | |
conditional | recontaría | recontarías | recontaría | recontaríamos | recontaríais | recontarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | recuente | recuentestú recontésvos2 | recuente | recontemos | recontéis | recuenten | |
imperfect (ra) | recontara | recontaras | recontara | recontáramos | recontarais | recontaran | |
imperfect (se) | recontase | recontases | recontase | recontásemos | recontaseis | recontasen | |
future1 | recontare | recontares | recontare | recontáremos | recontareis | recontaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | recuentatú recontávos | recuente | recontemos | recontad | recuenten | ||
negative | no recuentes | no recuente | no recontemos | no recontéis | no recuenten |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of recontar (o-ue 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 recontar | |||||||
dative | recontarme | recontarte | recontarle, recontarse | recontarnos | recontaros | recontarles, recontarse | |
accusative | recontarme | recontarte | recontarlo, recontarla, recontarse | recontarnos | recontaros | recontarlos, recontarlas, recontarse | |
with gerund recontando | |||||||
dative | recontándome | recontándote | recontándole, recontándose | recontándonos | recontándoos | recontándoles, recontándose | |
accusative | recontándome | recontándote | recontándolo, recontándola, recontándose | recontándonos | recontándoos | recontándolos, recontándolas, recontándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative recuenta | |||||||
dative | recuéntame | recuéntate | recuéntale | recuéntanos | not used | recuéntales | |
accusative | recuéntame | recuéntate | recuéntalo, recuéntala | recuéntanos | not used | recuéntalos, recuéntalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative recontá | |||||||
dative | recontame | recontate | recontale | recontanos | not used | recontales | |
accusative | recontame | recontate | recontalo, recontala | recontanos | not used | recontalos, recontalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative recuente | |||||||
dative | recuénteme | not used | recuéntele, recuéntese | recuéntenos | not used | recuénteles | |
accusative | recuénteme | not used | recuéntelo, recuéntela, recuéntese | recuéntenos | not used | recuéntelos, recuéntelas | |
with first-person plural imperative recontemos | |||||||
dative | not used | recontémoste | recontémosle | recontémonos | recontémoos | recontémosles | |
accusative | not used | recontémoste | recontémoslo, recontémosla | recontémonos | recontémoos | recontémoslos, recontémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative recontad | |||||||
dative | recontadme | not used | recontadle | recontadnos | recontaos | recontadles | |
accusative | recontadme | not used | recontadlo, recontadla | recontadnos | recontaos | recontadlos, recontadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative recuenten | |||||||
dative | recuéntenme | not used | recuéntenle | recuéntennos | not used | recuéntenles, recuéntense | |
accusative | recuéntenme | not used | recuéntenlo, recuéntenla | recuéntennos | not used | recuéntenlos, recuéntenlas, recuéntense |
Derived terms
- recuento
Further reading
- “recontar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014