reivindicar

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /rəj.vin.diˈka/

(Central) IPA^(key): /rəj.bin.diˈka/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /rej.vin.diˈkaɾ/

Verb

reivindicar (first-person singular present reivindico, past participle reivindicat)

to reclaim, take back, get back, reestablish

Conjugation

Conjugation of reivindicar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			reivindicar
present participle			reivindicant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		reivindicat		reivindicada
		plural		reivindicats		reivindicades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	reivindico	reivindiques	reivindica	reivindiquem	reivindiqueu	reivindiquen
	imperfect	reivindicava	reivindicaves	reivindicava	reivindicàvem	reivindicàveu	reivindicaven
	future	reivindicaré	reivindicaràs	reivindicarà	reivindicarem	reivindicareu	reivindicaran
	preterite	reivindiquí	reivindicares	reivindicà	reivindicàrem	reivindicàreu	reivindicaren
	conditional	reivindicaria	reivindicaries	reivindicaria	reivindicaríem	reivindicaríeu	reivindicarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	reivindiqui	reivindiquis	reivindiqui	reivindiquem	reivindiqueu	reivindiquin
	imperfect	reivindiqués	reivindiquessis	reivindiqués	reivindiquéssim	reivindiquéssiu	reivindiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
imperative		—	reivindica	reivindiqui	reivindiquem	reivindiqueu	reivindiquin

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reī vindicāre (“to claim a thing”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁej.vĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [heɪ̯.vĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁej.vĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(ɾ)/ [heɪ̯.vĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁej.vĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [χeɪ̯.vĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁej.vĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(ɻ)/ [heɪ̯.vĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(ɻ)]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐj.vĩ.diˈkaɾ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁej.vĩ.diˈkaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁe.vĩ.diˈkaɾ/

Verb

reivindicar (first-person singular present reivindico, first-person singular preterite reivindiquei, past participle reivindicado)

to claim, assert
to reclaim
to vindicate

Conjugation

Conjugation of reivindicar (c-qu alternation) (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	reivindicar
Personal	reivindicar	reivindicares	reivindicar	reivindicarmos	reivindicardes	reivindicarem
Gerund
	reivindicando
Past participle
Masculine	reivindicado			reivindicados
Feminine	reivindicada			reivindicadas
Indicative
Present	reivindico	reivindicas	reivindica	reivindicamos	reivindicais	reivindicam
Imperfect	reivindicava	reivindicavas	reivindicava	reivindicávamos	reivindicáveis	reivindicavam
Preterite	reivindiquei	reivindicaste	reivindicou	reivindicamos¹, reivindicámos²	reivindicastes	reivindicaram
Pluperfect	reivindicara	reivindicaras	reivindicara	reivindicáramos	reivindicáreis	reivindicaram
Future	reivindicarei	reivindicarás	reivindicará	reivindicaremos	reivindicareis	reivindicarão
Conditional
	reivindicaria	reivindicarias	reivindicaria	reivindicaríamos	reivindicaríeis	reivindicariam
Subjunctive
Present	reivindique	reivindiques	reivindique	reivindiquemos	reivindiqueis	reivindiquem
Imperfect	reivindicasse	reivindicasses	reivindicasse	reivindicássemos	reivindicásseis	reivindicassem
Future	reivindicar	reivindicares	reivindicar	reivindicarmos	reivindicardes	reivindicarem
Imperative
Affirmative		reivindica	reivindique	reivindiquemos	reivindicai	reivindiquem
Negative (não)		não reivindiques	não reivindique	não reivindiquemos	não reivindiqueis	não reivindiquem

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /reibindiˈkaɾ/ [rei̯.β̞ĩn̪.d̪iˈkaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: rei‧vin‧di‧car

Verb

reivindicar (first-person singular present reivindico, first-person singular preterite reivindiqué, past participle reivindicado)

to reestablish or promote again the value of something
Reivindicar el estudio de clásicas. ― To reestablish the value of studying Classics.
- 2014, Carmen Pereira-Muro, Culturas de España §9.p. 267:
  En música cabe destacar figuras como el compositor Isaac Albéniz, o el cellista Pau Casals, o al nivel de la cultura popular el grupo de la “Nova Cançó” catalana (Raimon, Joan Manuel Serrat, Lluis Llach, etc.), que reivindicó la canción en catalán en los últimos años de la dictadura.
  In music, it is worth highlighting people such as the composer Isaac Albéniz, or the cellist Pau Casals, or at the level of popular culture the circle of the Catalan Nova Cançó (Raimon, Joan Manuel Serrat, Lluis Llach, etc.) which reestablished the value of Catalan songs in the later years of the dictatorship.
- 2010-03-20, T. Obrador Manacor, Diario de Mallorca https://www.diariodemallorca.es/part-forana/2010/03/20/reivindican-responsabilidad-social-empresas/554905.html:
  Reivindican la responsabilidad social de todas las empresas. La sala de actos de la Associació Cultural s'Agrícola acogió ayer la presentación de la hoja de ruta 2008-11 para impulsar la responsabilidad social empresarial.
  Social Responsibility of All Companies Promoted. The event room of the Cultural Association of Agriculture hosted yesterday the presentation of the 2008-11 plan to promote social responsibility among businesses.
to claim something (often with a negative connotation)
- 2019-07-01, ABC Internacional, ABC Internacional https://www.abc.es/internacional/abci-fuerte-explosion-deja-menos-68-heridos-centro-kabul-201907010822_noticia.html:
  Los talibanes reivindican el atentado que ha dejado 11 muertos y 65 heridos en Kabul
  The Taliban claim the bombing that left 11 dead and 65 wounded in Kabul.
to demand
(law) to replevy, demand the return of something illegally taken away

Conjugation

Conjugation of reivindicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			reivindicar
gerund			reivindicando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		reivindicado		reivindicada
		plural		reivindicados		reivindicadas
		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	reivindico	reivindicas^{^tú} reivindicás^{^vos}	reivindica	reivindicamos	reivindicáis	reivindican
	imperfect	reivindicaba	reivindicabas	reivindicaba	reivindicábamos	reivindicabais	reivindicaban
	preterite	reivindiqué	reivindicaste	reivindicó	reivindicamos	reivindicasteis	reivindicaron
	future	reivindicaré	reivindicarás	reivindicará	reivindicaremos	reivindicaréis	reivindicarán
	conditional	reivindicaría	reivindicarías	reivindicaría	reivindicaríamos	reivindicaríais	reivindicarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	reivindique	reivindiques^{^tú} reivindiqués^{^vos²}	reivindique	reivindiquemos	reivindiquéis	reivindiquen
	imperfect (ra)	reivindicara	reivindicaras	reivindicara	reivindicáramos	reivindicarais	reivindicaran
	imperfect (se)	reivindicase	reivindicases	reivindicase	reivindicásemos	reivindicaseis	reivindicasen
	future¹	reivindicare	reivindicares	reivindicare	reivindicáremos	reivindicareis	reivindicaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		reivindica^{^tú} reivindicá^{^vos}	reivindique	reivindiquemos	reivindicad	reivindiquen
	negative		no reivindiques	no reivindique	no reivindiquemos	no reivindiquéis	no reivindiquen

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

Selected combined forms of reivindicar (c-qu alternation)

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 reivindicar
	dative	reivindicarme	reivindicarte	reivindicarle, reivindicarse	reivindicarnos	reivindicaros	reivindicarles, reivindicarse
	accusative	reivindicarme	reivindicarte	reivindicarlo, reivindicarla, reivindicarse	reivindicarnos	reivindicaros	reivindicarlos, reivindicarlas, reivindicarse

with gerund reivindicando
	dative	reivindicándome	reivindicándote	reivindicándole, reivindicándose	reivindicándonos	reivindicándoos	reivindicándoles, reivindicándose
	accusative	reivindicándome	reivindicándote	reivindicándolo, reivindicándola, reivindicándose	reivindicándonos	reivindicándoos	reivindicándolos, reivindicándolas, reivindicándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative reivindica
	dative	reivindícame	reivindícate	reivindícale	reivindícanos	not used	reivindícales
	accusative	reivindícame	reivindícate	reivindícalo, reivindícala	reivindícanos	not used	reivindícalos, reivindícalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative reivindicá
	dative	reivindicame	reivindicate	reivindicale	reivindicanos	not used	reivindicales
	accusative	reivindicame	reivindicate	reivindicalo, reivindicala	reivindicanos	not used	reivindicalos, reivindicalas

with formal second-person singular imperative reivindique
	dative	reivindíqueme	not used	reivindíquele, reivindíquese	reivindíquenos	not used	reivindíqueles
	accusative	reivindíqueme	not used	reivindíquelo, reivindíquela, reivindíquese	reivindíquenos	not used	reivindíquelos, reivindíquelas

with first-person plural imperative reivindiquemos
	dative	not used	reivindiquémoste	reivindiquémosle	reivindiquémonos	reivindiquémoos	reivindiquémosles
	accusative	not used	reivindiquémoste	reivindiquémoslo, reivindiquémosla	reivindiquémonos	reivindiquémoos	reivindiquémoslos, reivindiquémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative reivindicad
	dative	reivindicadme	not used	reivindicadle	reivindicadnos	reivindicaos	reivindicadles
	accusative	reivindicadme	not used	reivindicadlo, reivindicadla	reivindicadnos	reivindicaos	reivindicadlos, reivindicadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative reivindiquen
	dative	reivindíquenme	not used	reivindíquenle	reivindíquennos	not used	reivindíquenles, reivindíquense
	accusative	reivindíquenme	not used	reivindíquenlo, reivindíquenla	reivindíquennos	not used	reivindíquenlos, reivindíquenlas, reivindíquense

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reivindicación
vindicar

reivindicar

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