recontar

Portuguese

Etymology

From re- +‎ contar.

Pronunciation

 

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

• (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/

• (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

Derived terms

• recuento

 

Further reading

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