recolzar

Catalan

Etymology

From re- +‎ colze (“elbow”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rə.kulˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rə.kolˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.kolˈzaɾ]
• Homophone: recolzà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

recolzar (first-person singular present recolzo, first-person singular preterite recolzí, past participle recolzat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (intransitive) to lean, rest
2. (transitive, figurative) to support, back

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recolzar (first conjugation)

infinitive			recolzar
gerund			recolzant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		recolzat		recolzada
		plural		recolzats		recolzades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	recolzo	recolzes	recolza	recolzem	recolzeu	recolzen
	imperfect	recolzava	recolzaves	recolzava	recolzàvem	recolzàveu	recolzaven
	future	recolzaré	recolzaràs	recolzarà	recolzarem	recolzareu	recolzaran
	preterite	recolzí	recolzares	recolzà	recolzàrem	recolzàreu	recolzaren
	conditional	recolzaria	recolzaries	recolzaria	recolzaríem	recolzaríeu	recolzarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	recolzi	recolzis	recolzi	recolzem	recolzeu	recolzin
	imperfect	recolzés	recolzessis	recolzés	recolzéssim	recolzéssiu	recolzessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	recolza	recolzi	recolzem	recolzeu	recolzin
	negative (no)	—	no recolzis	no recolzi	no recolzem	no recolzeu	no recolzin

Derived terms

• recolzament
• recolzar-se

 

Further reading

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