reconstituir

Portuguese

Etymology

From re- +‎ constituir.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kõs.t͡ʃiˈtujʁ/ [he.kõs.t͡ʃiˈtuɪ̯h]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kõs.t͡ʃiˈtujʁ/ [he.kõs.t͡ʃiˈtuɪ̯h]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kõs.t͡ʃiˈtujɾ/ [he.kõs.t͡ʃiˈtuɪ̯ɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kõʃ.t͡ʃiˈtujʁ/ [χe.kõʃ.t͡ʃiˈtuɪ̯χ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kõs.t͡ʃiˈtujɻ/ [he.kõs.t͡ʃiˈtuɪ̯ɻ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kõʃ.tiˈtujɾ/

• Hyphenation: re‧cons‧ti‧tu‧ir

Verb

reconstituir (first-person singular present reconstituo, first-person singular preterite reconstituí, past participle reconstituído)

1. to reconstitute

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reconstituir (irregular) (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	reconstituir
Personal	reconstituir	reconstituíres	reconstituir	reconstituirmos	reconstituirdes	reconstituírem
Gerund
	reconstituindo
Past participle
Masculine	reconstituído			reconstituídos
Feminine	reconstituída			reconstituídas
Indicative
Present	reconstituo	reconstituis	reconstitui	reconstituímos	reconstituís	reconstituem
Imperfect	reconstituía	reconstituías	reconstituía	reconstituíamos	reconstituíeis	reconstituíam
Preterite	reconstituí	reconstituíste	reconstituiu	reconstituímos	reconstituístes	reconstituíram
Pluperfect	reconstituíra	reconstituíras	reconstituíra	reconstituíramos	reconstituíreis	reconstituíram
Future	reconstituirei	reconstituirás	reconstituirá	reconstituiremos	reconstituireis	reconstituirão
Conditional	reconstituiria	reconstituirias	reconstituiria	reconstituiríamos	reconstituiríeis	reconstituiriam
Subjunctive
Present	reconstitua	reconstituas	reconstitua	reconstituamos	reconstituais	reconstituam
Imperfect	reconstituísse	reconstituísses	reconstituísse	reconstituíssemos	reconstituísseis	reconstituíssem
Future	reconstituir	reconstituíres	reconstituir	reconstituirmos	reconstituirdes	reconstituírem
Imperative
Affirmative		reconstitui	reconstitua	reconstituamos	reconstituí	reconstituam
Negative (não)		não reconstituas	não reconstitua	não reconstituamos	não reconstituais	não reconstituam

Spanish

Etymology

From re- +‎ constituir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rekonstiˈtwiɾ/ [re.kõns.t̪iˈt̪wiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: re‧cons‧ti‧tuir

Verb

reconstituir (first-person singular present reconstituyo, first-person singular preterite reconstituí, past participle reconstituido)

1. (transitive) to reconstitute

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reconstituir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			reconstituir
gerund			reconstituyendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		reconstituido		reconstituida
		plural		reconstituidos		reconstituidas
		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	reconstituyo	reconstituyestú reconstituísvos	reconstituye	reconstituimos	reconstituís	reconstituyen
	imperfect	reconstituía	reconstituías	reconstituía	reconstituíamos	reconstituíais	reconstituían
	preterite	reconstituí	reconstituiste	reconstituyó	reconstituimos	reconstituisteis	reconstituyeron
	future	reconstituiré	reconstituirás	reconstituirá	reconstituiremos	reconstituiréis	reconstituirán
	conditional	reconstituiría	reconstituirías	reconstituiría	reconstituiríamos	reconstituiríais	reconstituirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	reconstituya	reconstituyastú reconstituyásvos2	reconstituya	reconstituyamos	reconstituyáis	reconstituyan
	imperfect (ra)	reconstituyera	reconstituyeras	reconstituyera	reconstituyéramos	reconstituyerais	reconstituyeran
	imperfect (se)	reconstituyese	reconstituyeses	reconstituyese	reconstituyésemos	reconstituyeseis	reconstituyesen
	future1	reconstituyere	reconstituyeres	reconstituyere	reconstituyéremos	reconstituyereis	reconstituyeren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		reconstituyetú reconstituívos	reconstituya	reconstituyamos	reconstituid	reconstituyan
	negative		no reconstituyas	no reconstituya	no reconstituyamos	no reconstituyáis	no reconstituyan

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

    Selected combined forms of reconstituir

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 reconstituir
	dative	reconstituirme	reconstituirte	reconstituirle, reconstituirse	reconstituirnos	reconstituiros	reconstituirles, reconstituirse
	accusative	reconstituirme	reconstituirte	reconstituirlo, reconstituirla, reconstituirse	reconstituirnos	reconstituiros	reconstituirlos, reconstituirlas, reconstituirse
with gerund reconstituyendo
	dative	reconstituyéndome	reconstituyéndote	reconstituyéndole, reconstituyéndose	reconstituyéndonos	reconstituyéndoos	reconstituyéndoles, reconstituyéndose
	accusative	reconstituyéndome	reconstituyéndote	reconstituyéndolo, reconstituyéndola, reconstituyéndose	reconstituyéndonos	reconstituyéndoos	reconstituyéndolos, reconstituyéndolas, reconstituyéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative reconstituye
	dative	reconstitúyeme	reconstitúyete	reconstitúyele	reconstitúyenos	not used	reconstitúyeles
	accusative	reconstitúyeme	reconstitúyete	reconstitúyelo, reconstitúyela	reconstitúyenos	not used	reconstitúyelos, reconstitúyelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative reconstituí
	dative	reconstituime	reconstituite	reconstituile	reconstituinos	not used	reconstituiles
	accusative	reconstituime	reconstituite	reconstituilo, reconstituila	reconstituinos	not used	reconstituilos, reconstituilas
with formal second-person singular imperative reconstituya
	dative	reconstitúyame	not used	reconstitúyale, reconstitúyase	reconstitúyanos	not used	reconstitúyales
	accusative	reconstitúyame	not used	reconstitúyalo, reconstitúyala, reconstitúyase	reconstitúyanos	not used	reconstitúyalos, reconstitúyalas
with first-person plural imperative reconstituyamos
	dative	not used	reconstituyámoste	reconstituyámosle	reconstituyámonos	reconstituyámoos	reconstituyámosles
	accusative	not used	reconstituyámoste	reconstituyámoslo, reconstituyámosla	reconstituyámonos	reconstituyámoos	reconstituyámoslos, reconstituyámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative reconstituid
	dative	reconstituidme	not used	reconstituidle	reconstituidnos	reconstituíos	reconstituidles
	accusative	reconstituidme	not used	reconstituidlo, reconstituidla	reconstituidnos	reconstituíos	reconstituidlos, reconstituidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative reconstituyan
	dative	reconstitúyanme	not used	reconstitúyanle	reconstitúyannos	not used	reconstitúyanles, reconstitúyanse
	accusative	reconstitúyanme	not used	reconstitúyanlo, reconstitúyanla	reconstitúyannos	not used	reconstitúyanlos, reconstitúyanlas, reconstitúyanse

Derived terms

• reconstitución
• reconstituyente

 

Further reading

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