recontar

Portuguese

Etymology

From re- +‎ contar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.kõˈta(ʁ)/ [he.kõˈta(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁe.kõˈta(ɾ)/ [he.kõˈta(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.kõˈta(ʁ)/ [χe.kõˈta(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.kõˈta(ɻ)/ [he.kõˈta(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.kõˈtaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.kõˈta.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: re‧con‧tar

Verb

recontar (first-person singular present reconto, first-person singular preterite recontei, past participle recontado)

  1. to recount (to count again)
  2. to recount (to tell over)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recontar (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 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

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From 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)

  1. to recount
  2. to narrate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recontar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive recontar
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
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

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