recalcar

Catalan

Etymology

From re- +‎ calcar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.kəlˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.kalˈkaɾ]

Verb

recalcar (first-person singular present recalco, first-person singular preterite recalquí, past participle recalcat)

1. (transitive) to stress, to emphasize
2. (engineering, transitive) to upset (thicken by hammering)
3. (intransitive) to rest (en on), to be supported
4. (nautical, intransitive) to list

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recalcar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			recalcar
gerund			recalcant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		recalcat		recalcada
		plural		recalcats		recalcades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	recalco	recalques	recalca	recalquem	recalqueu	recalquen
	imperfect	recalcava	recalcaves	recalcava	recalcàvem	recalcàveu	recalcaven
	future	recalcaré	recalcaràs	recalcarà	recalcarem	recalcareu	recalcaran
	preterite	recalquí	recalcares	recalcà	recalcàrem	recalcàreu	recalcaren
	conditional	recalcaria	recalcaries	recalcaria	recalcaríem	recalcaríeu	recalcarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	recalqui	recalquis	recalqui	recalquem	recalqueu	recalquin
	imperfect	recalqués	recalquessis	recalqués	recalquéssim	recalquéssiu	recalquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	recalca	recalqui	recalquem	recalqueu	recalquin
	negative (no)	—	no recalquis	no recalqui	no recalquem	no recalqueu	no recalquin

Derived terms

• recalc
• recalcador
• recalcament

Further reading

• “recalcar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin recalcāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kawˈka(ʁ)/ [he.kaʊ̯ˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kawˈka(ʁ)/ [he.kaʊ̯ˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kawˈka(ɾ)/ [he.kaʊ̯ˈka(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kawˈka(ʁ)/ [χe.kaʊ̯ˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kawˈka(ɻ)/ [he.kaʊ̯ˈka(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kalˈkaɾ/ [ʁɨ.kaɫˈkaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kalˈkaɾ/ [ʁɨ.kaɫˈkaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kalˈka.ɾi/ [ʁɨ.kaɫˈka.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: re‧cal‧car

Verb

recalcar (first-person singular present recalco, first-person singular preterite recalquei, past participle recalcado)

1. (transitive) to trample or step on again
2. (transitive) to insist (on an issue)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recalcar (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	recalcar
Personal	recalcar	recalcares	recalcar	recalcarmos	recalcardes	recalcarem
Gerund
	recalcando
Past participle
Masculine	recalcado			recalcados
Feminine	recalcada			recalcadas
Indicative
Present	recalco	recalcas	recalca	recalcamos	recalcais	recalcam
Imperfect	recalcava	recalcavas	recalcava	recalcávamos	recalcáveis	recalcavam
Preterite	recalquei	recalcaste	recalcou	recalcamos1, recalcámos2	recalcastes	recalcaram
Pluperfect	recalcara	recalcaras	recalcara	recalcáramos	recalcáreis	recalcaram
Future	recalcarei	recalcarás	recalcará	recalcaremos	recalcareis	recalcarão
Conditional	recalcaria	recalcarias	recalcaria	recalcaríamos	recalcaríeis	recalcariam
Subjunctive
Present	recalque	recalques	recalque	recalquemos	recalqueis	recalquem
Imperfect	recalcasse	recalcasses	recalcasse	recalcássemos	recalcásseis	recalcassem
Future	recalcar	recalcares	recalcar	recalcarmos	recalcardes	recalcarem
Imperative
Affirmative		recalca	recalque	recalquemos	recalcai	recalquem
Negative (não)		não recalques	não recalque	não recalquemos	não recalqueis	não recalquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

References

• “recalcar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “recalcar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Spanish

Etymology

From re- +‎ calcar, or from Latin recalcāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rekalˈkaɾ/ [re.kalˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧cal‧car

Verb

recalcar (first-person singular present recalco, first-person singular preterite recalqué, past participle recalcado)

1. to stress; to emphasize
   • 2023 May 26, Jordi Pérez Colomé, “Quién es Sam Altman: millonario creador de ChatGPT, gurú de ‘startups’ y profeta apocalíptico”, in El País‎^[1]:

     ChatGPT, un programa desarrollado con inteligencia artificial (IA) que da respuestas plausibles a la mayoría de preguntas, es para Altman una tecnología “impresionante, pero no robusta”, según recalcó en una conferencia reciente.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (colloquial) to drum (review to establish memorization)
3. to fill completely

Conjugation

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

infinitive			recalcar
gerund			recalcando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		recalcado		recalcada
		plural		recalcados		recalcadas
		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	recalco	recalcastú recalcásvos	recalca	recalcamos	recalcáis	recalcan
	imperfect	recalcaba	recalcabas	recalcaba	recalcábamos	recalcabais	recalcaban
	preterite	recalqué	recalcaste	recalcó	recalcamos	recalcasteis	recalcaron
	future	recalcaré	recalcarás	recalcará	recalcaremos	recalcaréis	recalcarán
	conditional	recalcaría	recalcarías	recalcaría	recalcaríamos	recalcaríais	recalcarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	recalque	recalquestú recalquésvos2	recalque	recalquemos	recalquéis	recalquen
	imperfect (ra)	recalcara	recalcaras	recalcara	recalcáramos	recalcarais	recalcaran
	imperfect (se)	recalcase	recalcases	recalcase	recalcásemos	recalcaseis	recalcasen
	future1	recalcare	recalcares	recalcare	recalcáremos	recalcareis	recalcaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		recalcatú recalcávos	recalque	recalquemos	recalcad	recalquen
	negative		no recalques	no recalque	no recalquemos	no recalquéis	no recalquen

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

    Selected combined forms of recalcar (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 recalcar
	dative	recalcarme	recalcarte	recalcarle, recalcarse	recalcarnos	recalcaros	recalcarles, recalcarse
	accusative	recalcarme	recalcarte	recalcarlo, recalcarla, recalcarse	recalcarnos	recalcaros	recalcarlos, recalcarlas, recalcarse
with gerund recalcando
	dative	recalcándome	recalcándote	recalcándole, recalcándose	recalcándonos	recalcándoos	recalcándoles, recalcándose
	accusative	recalcándome	recalcándote	recalcándolo, recalcándola, recalcándose	recalcándonos	recalcándoos	recalcándolos, recalcándolas, recalcándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative recalca
	dative	recálcame	recálcate	recálcale	recálcanos	not used	recálcales
	accusative	recálcame	recálcate	recálcalo, recálcala	recálcanos	not used	recálcalos, recálcalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative recalcá
	dative	recalcame	recalcate	recalcale	recalcanos	not used	recalcales
	accusative	recalcame	recalcate	recalcalo, recalcala	recalcanos	not used	recalcalos, recalcalas
with formal second-person singular imperative recalque
	dative	recálqueme	not used	recálquele, recálquese	recálquenos	not used	recálqueles
	accusative	recálqueme	not used	recálquelo, recálquela, recálquese	recálquenos	not used	recálquelos, recálquelas
with first-person plural imperative recalquemos
	dative	not used	recalquémoste	recalquémosle	recalquémonos	recalquémoos	recalquémosles
	accusative	not used	recalquémoste	recalquémoslo, recalquémosla	recalquémonos	recalquémoos	recalquémoslos, recalquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative recalcad
	dative	recalcadme	not used	recalcadle	recalcadnos	recalcaos	recalcadles
	accusative	recalcadme	not used	recalcadlo, recalcadla	recalcadnos	recalcaos	recalcadlos, recalcadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative recalquen
	dative	recálquenme	not used	recálquenle	recálquennos	not used	recálquenles, recálquense
	accusative	recálquenme	not used	recálquenlo, recálquenla	recálquennos	not used	recálquenlos, recálquenlas, recálquense

Related terms

• calcar

 

Further reading

• “recalcar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014