recabar

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rekaˈbaɾ/ [re.kaˈβ̞aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: re‧ca‧bar

Verb

recabar (first-person singular present recabo, first-person singular preterite recabé, past participle recabado)

to gather, safeguard, collect
- c. 1894, Luis Bonafoux, Huellas literarias:
  pero los descendientes del genio recaban las mercedes que no le fueron otorgadas en vida
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
to collect, gather (data/information)
recabar fondos
raise funds
to lobby, petition

Conjugation

Conjugation of recabar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			recabar
gerund			recabando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		recabado		recabada
		plural		recabados		recabadas
		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	recabo	recabas^{^tú} recabás^{^vos}	recaba	recabamos	recabáis	recaban
	imperfect	recababa	recababas	recababa	recabábamos	recababais	recababan
	preterite	recabé	recabaste	recabó	recabamos	recabasteis	recabaron
	future	recabaré	recabarás	recabará	recabaremos	recabaréis	recabarán
	conditional	recabaría	recabarías	recabaría	recabaríamos	recabaríais	recabarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	recabe	recabes^{^tú} recabés^{^vos²}	recabe	recabemos	recabéis	recaben
	imperfect (ra)	recabara	recabaras	recabara	recabáramos	recabarais	recabaran
	imperfect (se)	recabase	recabases	recabase	recabásemos	recabaseis	recabasen
	future¹	recabare	recabares	recabare	recabáremos	recabareis	recabaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		recaba^{^tú} recabá^{^vos}	recabe	recabemos	recabad	recaben
	negative		no recabes	no recabe	no recabemos	no recabéis	no recaben

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

Selected combined forms of recabar

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 recabar	dative	recabarme	recabarte	recabarle, recabarse	recabarnos	recabaros	recabarles, recabarse
with infinitive recabar	accusative	recabarme	recabarte	recabarlo, recabarla, recabarse	recabarnos	recabaros	recabarlos, recabarlas, recabarse

with gerund recabando	dative	recabándome	recabándote	recabándole, recabándose	recabándonos	recabándoos	recabándoles, recabándose
with gerund recabando	accusative	recabándome	recabándote	recabándolo, recabándola, recabándose	recabándonos	recabándoos	recabándolos, recabándolas, recabándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative recaba	dative	recábame	recábate	recábale	recábanos	not used	recábales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative recaba	accusative	recábame	recábate	recábalo, recábala	recábanos	not used	recábalos, recábalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative recabá	dative	recabame	recabate	recabale	recabanos	not used	recabales
	accusative	recabame	recabate	recabalo, recabala	recabanos	not used	recabalos, recabalas

with formal second-person singular imperative recabe	dative	recábeme	not used	recábele, recábese	recábenos	not used	recábeles
with formal second-person singular imperative recabe	accusative	recábeme	not used	recábelo, recábela, recábese	recábenos	not used	recábelos, recábelas

with first-person plural imperative recabemos	dative	not used	recabémoste	recabémosle	recabémonos	recabémoos	recabémosles
with first-person plural imperative recabemos	accusative	not used	recabémoste	recabémoslo, recabémosla	recabémonos	recabémoos	recabémoslos, recabémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative recabad	dative	recabadme	not used	recabadle	recabadnos	recabaos	recabadles
with informal second-person plural imperative recabad	accusative	recabadme	not used	recabadlo, recabadla	recabadnos	recabaos	recabadlos, recabadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative recaben	dative	recábenme	not used	recábenle	recábennos	not used	recábenles, recábense
with formal second-person plural imperative recaben	accusative	recábenme	not used	recábenlo, recábenla	recábennos	not used	recábenlos, recábenlas, recábense

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