rezar
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese rezar, from Latin recitāre, present active infinitive of recitō (“I recite”), from re- + citō (“I call forth”).
Verb
rezar (first-person singular present rezo, first-person singular preterite recei, past participle rezado)
- to pray
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of rezar
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive of rezar
Conjugation
- Note: rez- are changed to rec- before front vowels (e).
singular | plural | |||||
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person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
impersonal | rezar | |||||
personal | rezar | rezares | rezar | rezarmos | rezardes | rezaren |
Gerund | ||||||
rezando | ||||||
Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
masculine | rezado | rezados | ||||
feminine | rezada | rezadas | ||||
Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
present | rezo | rezas | reza | rezamos | rezades | rezan |
imperfect | rezaba | rezabas | rezaba | rezabamos | rezabades | rezaban |
preterite | recei | rezaches | rezou | rezamos | rezastes | rezaron |
pluperfect | rezara | rezaras | rezara | rezaramos | rezarades | rezaran |
future | rezarei | rezarás | rezará | rezaremos | rezaredes | rezarán |
conditional | rezaría | rezarías | rezaría | rezariamos | rezariades | rezarían |
Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
present | rece | reces | rece | recemos | recedes | recen |
preterite | rezase | rezases | rezase | rezásemos | rezásedes | rezasen |
future | rezar | rezares | rezar | rezarmos | rezardes | rezaren |
Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
affirmative | – | reza | rece | recemos | rezade | recen |
negative | – | reces | rece | recemos | recedes | recen |
Synonyms
- (to pray): orar, pregar
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese rezar, from Latin recitāre (“to recite”), from re- + citō (“to call forth”). Doublet of recitar, a borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈza(ʁ)/ [heˈza(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁeˈza(ɾ)/ [heˈza(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeˈza(ʁ)/ [χeˈza(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈza(ɻ)/ [heˈza(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨˈzaɾ/
- Hyphenation: re‧zar
Verb
rezar (first-person singular present rezo, first-person singular preterite rezei, past participle rezado)
- (religion, intransitive) to pray (to talk to a god)
- Eles rezavam antes de chegar o carrasco.
- They were praying before the executioner arrived.
- (religion, transitive) to pray (to recite a given prayer)
- Rezei até muito tarde na igreja.
- I prayed until very late at the church.
- (Christianity, transitive) to celebrate (to perform mass); the object is almost always missa (“mass”)
- O padre já estava cansado de rezar tantas missas.
- The priest was already tired of celebrating so many masses.
Conjugation
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 | rezar | |||||
Personal | rezar | rezares | rezar | rezarmos | rezardes | rezarem |
Gerund | ||||||
rezando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | rezado | rezados | ||||
Feminine | rezada | rezadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | rezo | rezas | reza | rezamos | rezais | rezam |
Imperfect | rezava | rezavas | rezava | rezávamos | rezáveis | rezavam |
Preterite | rezei | rezaste | rezou | rezamos1, rezámos2 | rezastes | rezaram |
Pluperfect | rezara | rezaras | rezara | rezáramos | rezáreis | rezaram |
Future | rezarei | rezarás | rezará | rezaremos | rezareis | rezarão |
Conditional | ||||||
rezaria | rezarias | rezaria | rezaríamos | rezaríeis | rezariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | reze | rezes | reze | rezemos | rezeis | rezem |
Imperfect | rezasse | rezasses | rezasse | rezássemos | rezásseis | rezassem |
Future | rezar | rezares | rezar | rezarmos | rezardes | rezarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | reza | reze | rezemos | rezai | rezem | |
Negative (não) | não rezes | não reze | não rezemos | não rezeis | não rezem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Synonyms
- (to pray): orar
- (to recite): recitar
- (to celebrate): celebrar
Related terms
- recital
- recitar
- reza
- rezadeiro
- rezado
- rezador
Descendants
- → Makalero: reja (“to pray”)
Spanish
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Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish rezar, rezdar, from Latin recitāre, present active infinitive of recitō (“recite”). Doublet of recitar, a borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /reˈθaɾ/ [reˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /reˈsaɾ/ [reˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: re‧zar
Verb
rezar (first-person singular present rezo, first-person singular preterite recé, past participle rezado)
- (intransitive) to pray
- Synonym: orar
Conjugation
infinitive | rezar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | rezando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | rezado | rezada | |||||
plural | rezados | rezadas | |||||
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 | rezo | rezastú rezásvos | reza | rezamos | rezáis | rezan | |
imperfect | rezaba | rezabas | rezaba | rezábamos | rezabais | rezaban | |
preterite | recé | rezaste | rezó | rezamos | rezasteis | rezaron | |
future | rezaré | rezarás | rezará | rezaremos | rezaréis | rezarán | |
conditional | rezaría | rezarías | rezaría | rezaríamos | rezaríais | rezarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | rece | recestú recésvos2 | rece | recemos | recéis | recen | |
imperfect (ra) | rezara | rezaras | rezara | rezáramos | rezarais | rezaran | |
imperfect (se) | rezase | rezases | rezase | rezásemos | rezaseis | rezasen | |
future1 | rezare | rezares | rezare | rezáremos | rezareis | rezaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | rezatú rezávos | rece | recemos | rezad | recen | ||
negative | no reces | no rece | no recemos | no recéis | no recen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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 rezar | |||||||
dative | rezarme | rezarte | rezarle, rezarse | rezarnos | rezaros | rezarles, rezarse | |
accusative | rezarme | rezarte | rezarlo, rezarla, rezarse | rezarnos | rezaros | rezarlos, rezarlas, rezarse | |
with gerund rezando | |||||||
dative | rezándome | rezándote | rezándole, rezándose | rezándonos | rezándoos | rezándoles, rezándose | |
accusative | rezándome | rezándote | rezándolo, rezándola, rezándose | rezándonos | rezándoos | rezándolos, rezándolas, rezándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative reza | |||||||
dative | rézame | rézate | rézale | rézanos | not used | rézales | |
accusative | rézame | rézate | rézalo, rézala | rézanos | not used | rézalos, rézalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative rezá | |||||||
dative | rezame | rezate | rezale | rezanos | not used | rezales | |
accusative | rezame | rezate | rezalo, rezala | rezanos | not used | rezalos, rezalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative rece | |||||||
dative | réceme | not used | récele, récese | récenos | not used | réceles | |
accusative | réceme | not used | récelo, récela, récese | récenos | not used | récelos, récelas | |
with first-person plural imperative recemos | |||||||
dative | not used | recémoste | recémosle | recémonos | recémoos | recémosles | |
accusative | not used | recémoste | recémoslo, recémosla | recémonos | recémoos | recémoslos, recémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative rezad | |||||||
dative | rezadme | not used | rezadle | rezadnos | rezaos | rezadles | |
accusative | rezadme | not used | rezadlo, rezadla | rezadnos | rezaos | rezadlos, rezadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative recen | |||||||
dative | récenme | not used | récenle | récennos | not used | récenles, récense | |
accusative | récenme | not used | récenlo, récenla | récennos | not used | récenlos, récenlas, récense |
Derived terms
- rezo
Further reading
- “rezar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014