recrear

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin recreō.

Verb

recrear (first-person singular present recreo, first-person singular preterite recreí, past participle recreat)

1. (transitive) to delight
2. (transitive) to recreate (to create anew)

Related terms

• crear
• recreació

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin recreāre, recreō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʀə.ˈkrj.ar/
• Hyphenation: re‧cre‧ar
• Homophone: recriar

Verb

1. (reflexive) to enjoy oneself; to rejoice; to have fun

Related terms

• recreio
• recreação

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin recreō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rekɾeˈaɾ/ [re.kɾeˈaɾ]

Verb

recrear (first-person singular present recreo, first-person singular preterite recreé, past participle recreado)

1. (transitive) to recreate (to create anew)
2. (reflexive) to enjoy oneself; to rejoice; have fun

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			recrear
gerund			recreando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		recreado		recreada
		plural		recreados		recreadas
		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	recreo	recreastú recreásvos	recrea	recreamos	recreáis	recrean
	imperfect	recreaba	recreabas	recreaba	recreábamos	recreabais	recreaban
	preterite	recreé	recreaste	recreó	recreamos	recreasteis	recrearon
	future	recrearé	recrearás	recreará	recrearemos	recrearéis	recrearán
	conditional	recrearía	recrearías	recrearía	recrearíamos	recrearíais	recrearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	recree	recreestú recreésvos2	recree	recreemos	recreéis	recreen
	imperfect (ra)	recreara	recrearas	recreara	recreáramos	recrearais	recrearan
	imperfect (se)	recrease	recreases	recrease	recreásemos	recreaseis	recreasen
	future1	recreare	recreares	recreare	recreáremos	recreareis	recrearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		recreatú recreávos	recree	recreemos	recread	recreen
	negative		no recrees	no recree	no recreemos	no recreéis	no recreen

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

    Selected combined forms of recrear

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 recrear
	dative	recrearme	recrearte	recrearle, recrearse	recrearnos	recrearos	recrearles, recrearse
	accusative	recrearme	recrearte	recrearlo, recrearla, recrearse	recrearnos	recrearos	recrearlos, recrearlas, recrearse
with gerund recreando
	dative	recreándome	recreándote	recreándole, recreándose	recreándonos	recreándoos	recreándoles, recreándose
	accusative	recreándome	recreándote	recreándolo, recreándola, recreándose	recreándonos	recreándoos	recreándolos, recreándolas, recreándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative recrea
	dative	recréame	recréate	recréale	recréanos	not used	recréales
	accusative	recréame	recréate	recréalo, recréala	recréanos	not used	recréalos, recréalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative recreá
	dative	recreame	recreate	recreale	recreanos	not used	recreales
	accusative	recreame	recreate	recrealo, recreala	recreanos	not used	recrealos, recrealas
with formal second-person singular imperative recree
	dative	recréeme	not used	recréele, recréese	recréenos	not used	recréeles
	accusative	recréeme	not used	recréelo, recréela, recréese	recréenos	not used	recréelos, recréelas
with first-person plural imperative recreemos
	dative	not used	recreémoste	recreémosle	recreémonos	recreémoos	recreémosles
	accusative	not used	recreémoste	recreémoslo, recreémosla	recreémonos	recreémoos	recreémoslos, recreémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative recread
	dative	recreadme	not used	recreadle	recreadnos	recreaos	recreadles
	accusative	recreadme	not used	recreadlo, recreadla	recreadnos	recreaos	recreadlos, recreadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative recreen
	dative	recréenme	not used	recréenle	recréennos	not used	recréenles, recréense
	accusative	recréenme	not used	recréenlo, recréenla	recréennos	not used	recréenlos, recréenlas, recréense

Related terms

• crear
• recreación

Further reading

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