reafirmar

Catalan

Etymology

From re- +‎ afirmar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [re.ə.firˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.a.fiɾˈmaɾ]
• Homophone: reafirmà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

reafirmar (first-person singular present reafirmo, first-person singular preterite reafirmí, past participle reafirmat)

1. (transitive, pronominal) to reaffirm

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reafirmar (first conjugation)

infinitive			reafirmar
gerund			reafirmant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		reafirmat		reafirmada
		plural		reafirmats		reafirmades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	reafirmo	reafirmes	reafirma	reafirmem	reafirmeu	reafirmen
	imperfect	reafirmava	reafirmaves	reafirmava	reafirmàvem	reafirmàveu	reafirmaven
	future	reafirmaré	reafirmaràs	reafirmarà	reafirmarem	reafirmareu	reafirmaran
	preterite	reafirmí	reafirmares	reafirmà	reafirmàrem	reafirmàreu	reafirmaren
	conditional	reafirmaria	reafirmaries	reafirmaria	reafirmaríem	reafirmaríeu	reafirmarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	reafirmi	reafirmis	reafirmi	reafirmem	reafirmeu	reafirmin
	imperfect	reafirmés	reafirmessis	reafirmés	reafirméssim	reafirméssiu	reafirmessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	reafirma	reafirmi	reafirmem	reafirmeu	reafirmin
	negative (no)	—	no reafirmis	no reafirmi	no reafirmem	no reafirmeu	no reafirmin

Related terms

• reafirmació

Further reading

• “reafirmar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “reafirmar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “reafirmar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “reafirmar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From re- +‎ afirmar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.a.fiʁˈma(ʁ)/ [he.a.fiɦˈma(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.a.fiʁˈma(ʁ)/ [he.a.fiɦˈma(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.a.fiɾˈma(ɾ)/ [he.a.fiɾˈma(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.a.fiʁˈma(ʁ)/ [χe.a.fiʁˈma(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.a.fiɻˈma(ɻ)/ [he.a.fiɻˈma(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁjɐ.fiɾˈmaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁjɐ.fiɾˈmaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁjɐ.fiɾˈma.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: re‧a‧fir‧mar

Verb

reafirmar (first-person singular present reafirmo, first-person singular preterite reafirmei, past participle reafirmado)

1. to reaffirm (affirm again)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reafirmar (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	reafirmar
Personal	reafirmar	reafirmares	reafirmar	reafirmarmos	reafirmardes	reafirmarem
Gerund
	reafirmando
Past participle
Masculine	reafirmado			reafirmados
Feminine	reafirmada			reafirmadas
Indicative
Present	reafirmo	reafirmas	reafirma	reafirmamos	reafirmais	reafirmam
Imperfect	reafirmava	reafirmavas	reafirmava	reafirmávamos	reafirmáveis	reafirmavam
Preterite	reafirmei	reafirmaste	reafirmou	reafirmamos1, reafirmámos2	reafirmastes	reafirmaram
Pluperfect	reafirmara	reafirmaras	reafirmara	reafirmáramos	reafirmáreis	reafirmaram
Future	reafirmarei	reafirmarás	reafirmará	reafirmaremos	reafirmareis	reafirmarão
Conditional	reafirmaria	reafirmarias	reafirmaria	reafirmaríamos	reafirmaríeis	reafirmariam
Subjunctive
Present	reafirme	reafirmes	reafirme	reafirmemos	reafirmeis	reafirmem
Imperfect	reafirmasse	reafirmasses	reafirmasse	reafirmássemos	reafirmásseis	reafirmassem
Future	reafirmar	reafirmares	reafirmar	reafirmarmos	reafirmardes	reafirmarem
Imperative
Affirmative		reafirma	reafirme	reafirmemos	reafirmai	reafirmem
Negative (não)		não reafirmes	não reafirme	não reafirmemos	não reafirmeis	não reafirmem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• reafirmação

Further reading

• “reafirmar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From re- (“re-”) +‎ afirmar (“to state, assert”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reafiɾˈmaɾ/ [re.a.fiɾˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧a‧fir‧mar

Verb

reafirmar (first-person singular present reafirmo, first-person singular preterite reafirmé, past participle reafirmado)

1. to reaffirm

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reafirmar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			reafirmar
gerund			reafirmando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		reafirmado		reafirmada
		plural		reafirmados		reafirmadas
		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	reafirmo	reafirmastú reafirmásvos	reafirma	reafirmamos	reafirmáis	reafirman
	imperfect	reafirmaba	reafirmabas	reafirmaba	reafirmábamos	reafirmabais	reafirmaban
	preterite	reafirmé	reafirmaste	reafirmó	reafirmamos	reafirmasteis	reafirmaron
	future	reafirmaré	reafirmarás	reafirmará	reafirmaremos	reafirmaréis	reafirmarán
	conditional	reafirmaría	reafirmarías	reafirmaría	reafirmaríamos	reafirmaríais	reafirmarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	reafirme	reafirmestú reafirmésvos2	reafirme	reafirmemos	reafirméis	reafirmen
	imperfect (ra)	reafirmara	reafirmaras	reafirmara	reafirmáramos	reafirmarais	reafirmaran
	imperfect (se)	reafirmase	reafirmases	reafirmase	reafirmásemos	reafirmaseis	reafirmasen
	future1	reafirmare	reafirmares	reafirmare	reafirmáremos	reafirmareis	reafirmaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		reafirmatú reafirmávos	reafirme	reafirmemos	reafirmad	reafirmen
	negative		no reafirmes	no reafirme	no reafirmemos	no reafirméis	no reafirmen

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

    Selected combined forms of reafirmar

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 reafirmar
	dative	reafirmarme	reafirmarte	reafirmarle, reafirmarse	reafirmarnos	reafirmaros	reafirmarles, reafirmarse
	accusative	reafirmarme	reafirmarte	reafirmarlo, reafirmarla, reafirmarse	reafirmarnos	reafirmaros	reafirmarlos, reafirmarlas, reafirmarse
with gerund reafirmando
	dative	reafirmándome	reafirmándote	reafirmándole, reafirmándose	reafirmándonos	reafirmándoos	reafirmándoles, reafirmándose
	accusative	reafirmándome	reafirmándote	reafirmándolo, reafirmándola, reafirmándose	reafirmándonos	reafirmándoos	reafirmándolos, reafirmándolas, reafirmándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative reafirma
	dative	reafírmame	reafírmate	reafírmale	reafírmanos	not used	reafírmales
	accusative	reafírmame	reafírmate	reafírmalo, reafírmala	reafírmanos	not used	reafírmalos, reafírmalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative reafirmá
	dative	reafirmame	reafirmate	reafirmale	reafirmanos	not used	reafirmales
	accusative	reafirmame	reafirmate	reafirmalo, reafirmala	reafirmanos	not used	reafirmalos, reafirmalas
with formal second-person singular imperative reafirme
	dative	reafírmeme	not used	reafírmele, reafírmese	reafírmenos	not used	reafírmeles
	accusative	reafírmeme	not used	reafírmelo, reafírmela, reafírmese	reafírmenos	not used	reafírmelos, reafírmelas
with first-person plural imperative reafirmemos
	dative	not used	reafirmémoste	reafirmémosle	reafirmémonos	reafirmémoos	reafirmémosles
	accusative	not used	reafirmémoste	reafirmémoslo, reafirmémosla	reafirmémonos	reafirmémoos	reafirmémoslos, reafirmémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative reafirmad
	dative	reafirmadme	not used	reafirmadle	reafirmadnos	reafirmaos	reafirmadles
	accusative	reafirmadme	not used	reafirmadlo, reafirmadla	reafirmadnos	reafirmaos	reafirmadlos, reafirmadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative reafirmen
	dative	reafírmenme	not used	reafírmenle	reafírmennos	not used	reafírmenles, reafírmense
	accusative	reafírmenme	not used	reafírmenlo, reafírmenla	reafírmennos	not used	reafírmenlos, reafírmenlas, reafírmense

Related terms

• reafirmación (“reaffirmation, reassertion, reiteration”)

 

Further reading

• “reafirmar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16