recrecer
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /rekɾeˈθeɾ/ [re.kɾeˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /rekɾeˈseɾ/ [re.kɾeˈseɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: re‧cre‧cer
Verb
recrecer (first-person singular present recrezco, first-person singular preterite recrecí, past participle recrecido)
- (transitive) to grow, to increase
- Synonym: aumentar
- (intransitive) to happen again; to reoccur
- (reflexive) to cheer up; to keep one's pecker up
Conjugation
Conjugation of recrecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | recrecer | ||||||
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gerund | recreciendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | recrecido | recrecida | |||||
plural | recrecidos | recrecidas | |||||
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 | recrezco | recrecestú recrecésvos | recrece | recrecemos | recrecéis | recrecen | |
imperfect | recrecía | recrecías | recrecía | recrecíamos | recrecíais | recrecían | |
preterite | recrecí | recreciste | recreció | recrecimos | recrecisteis | recrecieron | |
future | recreceré | recrecerás | recrecerá | recreceremos | recreceréis | recrecerán | |
conditional | recrecería | recrecerías | recrecería | recreceríamos | recreceríais | recrecerían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | recrezca | recrezcastú recrezcásvos2 | recrezca | recrezcamos | recrezcáis | recrezcan | |
imperfect (ra) | recreciera | recrecieras | recreciera | recreciéramos | recrecierais | recrecieran | |
imperfect (se) | recreciese | recrecieses | recreciese | recreciésemos | recrecieseis | recreciesen | |
future1 | recreciere | recrecieres | recreciere | recreciéremos | recreciereis | recrecieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | recrecetú recrecévos | recrezca | recrezcamos | recreced | recrezcan | ||
negative | no recrezcas | no recrezca | no recrezcamos | no recrezcáis | no recrezcan |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of recrecer (c-zc 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 recrecer | |||||||
dative | recrecerme | recrecerte | recrecerle, recrecerse | recrecernos | recreceros | recrecerles, recrecerse | |
accusative | recrecerme | recrecerte | recrecerlo, recrecerla, recrecerse | recrecernos | recreceros | recrecerlos, recrecerlas, recrecerse | |
with gerund recreciendo | |||||||
dative | recreciéndome | recreciéndote | recreciéndole, recreciéndose | recreciéndonos | recreciéndoos | recreciéndoles, recreciéndose | |
accusative | recreciéndome | recreciéndote | recreciéndolo, recreciéndola, recreciéndose | recreciéndonos | recreciéndoos | recreciéndolos, recreciéndolas, recreciéndose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative recrece | |||||||
dative | recréceme | recrécete | recrécele | recrécenos | not used | recréceles | |
accusative | recréceme | recrécete | recrécelo, recrécela | recrécenos | not used | recrécelos, recrécelas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative recrecé | |||||||
dative | recreceme | recrecete | recrecele | recrecenos | not used | recreceles | |
accusative | recreceme | recrecete | recrecelo, recrecela | recrecenos | not used | recrecelos, recrecelas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative recrezca | |||||||
dative | recrézcame | not used | recrézcale, recrézcase | recrézcanos | not used | recrézcales | |
accusative | recrézcame | not used | recrézcalo, recrézcala, recrézcase | recrézcanos | not used | recrézcalos, recrézcalas | |
with first-person plural imperative recrezcamos | |||||||
dative | not used | recrezcámoste | recrezcámosle | recrezcámonos | recrezcámoos | recrezcámosles | |
accusative | not used | recrezcámoste | recrezcámoslo, recrezcámosla | recrezcámonos | recrezcámoos | recrezcámoslos, recrezcámoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative recreced | |||||||
dative | recrecedme | not used | recrecedle | recrecednos | recreceos | recrecedles | |
accusative | recrecedme | not used | recrecedlo, recrecedla | recrecednos | recreceos | recrecedlos, recrecedlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative recrezcan | |||||||
dative | recrézcanme | not used | recrézcanle | recrézcannos | not used | recrézcanles, recrézcanse | |
accusative | recrézcanme | not used | recrézcanlo, recrézcanla | recrézcannos | not used | recrézcanlos, recrézcanlas, recrézcanse |
Derived terms
- recrecimiento
Related terms
- crecer
Further reading
- “recrecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014