recar
See also: Recar
Catalan
editEtymology
editFrom earlier racar. Ultimate origin uncertain.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editrecar (first-person singular present reco, first-person singular preterite requí, past participle recat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
- (impersonal) to regret
- Em reca que malgrat tot l'esforç fet no hem pogut evitar-ho.
- I regret that despite all efforts we were not able to avoid it.
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of recar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
infinitive | recar | ||||||
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gerund | recant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | recat | recada | |||||
plural | recats | recades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | reco | reques | reca | requem | requeu | requen | |
imperfect | recava | recaves | recava | recàvem | recàveu | recaven | |
future | recaré | recaràs | recarà | recarem | recareu | recaran | |
preterite | requí | recares | recà | recàrem | recàreu | recaren | |
conditional | recaria | recaries | recaria | recaríem | recaríeu | recarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | requi | requis | requi | requem | requeu | requin | |
imperfect | requés | requessis | requés | requéssim | requéssiu | requessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | reca | requi | requem | requeu | requin | |
negative (no) | — | no requis | no requi | no requem | no requeu | no requin |
Further reading
edit- “recar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “recar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.