reconsiderar

Portuguese

Etymology

From re- +‎ considerar.

Pronunciation

 

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kõ.si.deˈɾa(ʁ)/ [he.kõ.si.deˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kõ.si.deˈɾa(ɾ)/ [he.kõ.si.deˈɾa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kõ.si.deˈɾa(ʁ)/ [χe.kõ.si.deˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kõ.si.deˈɾa(ɻ)/ [he.kõ.si.deˈɾa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kõ.si.dɨˈɾaɾ/ [ʁɨ.kõ.si.ðɨˈɾaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kõ.si.dɨˈɾaɾ/ [ʁɨ.kõ.si.ðɨˈɾaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kõ.si.dɨˈɾa.ɾi/ [ʁɨ.kõ.si.ðɨˈɾa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: re‧con‧si‧de‧rar

Verb

reconsiderar (first-person singular present reconsidero, first-person singular preterite reconsiderei, past participle reconsiderado)

1. to reconsider (to consider a decided matter again)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reconsiderar (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	reconsiderar
Personal	reconsiderar	reconsiderares	reconsiderar	reconsiderarmos	reconsiderardes	reconsiderarem
Gerund
	reconsiderando
Past participle
Masculine	reconsiderado			reconsiderados
Feminine	reconsiderada			reconsideradas
Indicative
Present	reconsidero	reconsideras	reconsidera	reconsideramos	reconsiderais	reconsideram
Imperfect	reconsiderava	reconsideravas	reconsiderava	reconsiderávamos	reconsideráveis	reconsideravam
Preterite	reconsiderei	reconsideraste	reconsiderou	reconsideramos1, reconsiderámos2	reconsiderastes	reconsideraram
Pluperfect	reconsiderara	reconsideraras	reconsiderara	reconsideráramos	reconsideráreis	reconsideraram
Future	reconsiderarei	reconsiderarás	reconsiderará	reconsideraremos	reconsiderareis	reconsiderarão
Conditional	reconsideraria	reconsiderarias	reconsideraria	reconsideraríamos	reconsideraríeis	reconsiderariam
Subjunctive
Present	reconsidere	reconsideres	reconsidere	reconsideremos	reconsidereis	reconsiderem
Imperfect	reconsiderasse	reconsiderasses	reconsiderasse	reconsiderássemos	reconsiderásseis	reconsiderassem
Future	reconsiderar	reconsiderares	reconsiderar	reconsiderarmos	reconsiderardes	reconsiderarem
Imperative
Affirmative		reconsidera	reconsidere	reconsideremos	reconsiderai	reconsiderem
Negative (não)		não reconsideres	não reconsidere	não reconsideremos	não reconsidereis	não reconsiderem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• reconsideração

Further reading

• “reconsiderar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From re- +‎ considerar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rekonsideˈɾaɾ/ [re.kõn.si.ð̞eˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧con‧si‧de‧rar

Verb

reconsiderar (first-person singular present reconsidero, first-person singular preterite reconsideré, past participle reconsiderado)

1. (transitive) to reconsider (to consider a decided matter again)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reconsiderar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			reconsiderar
gerund			reconsiderando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		reconsiderado		reconsiderada
		plural		reconsiderados		reconsideradas
		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	reconsidero	reconsiderastú reconsiderásvos	reconsidera	reconsideramos	reconsideráis	reconsideran
	imperfect	reconsideraba	reconsiderabas	reconsideraba	reconsiderábamos	reconsiderabais	reconsideraban
	preterite	reconsideré	reconsideraste	reconsideró	reconsideramos	reconsiderasteis	reconsideraron
	future	reconsideraré	reconsiderarás	reconsiderará	reconsideraremos	reconsideraréis	reconsiderarán
	conditional	reconsideraría	reconsiderarías	reconsideraría	reconsideraríamos	reconsideraríais	reconsiderarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	reconsidere	reconsiderestú reconsiderésvos2	reconsidere	reconsideremos	reconsideréis	reconsideren
	imperfect (ra)	reconsiderara	reconsideraras	reconsiderara	reconsideráramos	reconsiderarais	reconsideraran
	imperfect (se)	reconsiderase	reconsiderases	reconsiderase	reconsiderásemos	reconsideraseis	reconsiderasen
	future1	reconsiderare	reconsiderares	reconsiderare	reconsideráremos	reconsiderareis	reconsideraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		reconsideratú reconsiderávos	reconsidere	reconsideremos	reconsiderad	reconsideren
	negative		no reconsideres	no reconsidere	no reconsideremos	no reconsideréis	no reconsideren

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

    Selected combined forms of reconsiderar

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 reconsiderar
	dative	reconsiderarme	reconsiderarte	reconsiderarle, reconsiderarse	reconsiderarnos	reconsideraros	reconsiderarles, reconsiderarse
	accusative	reconsiderarme	reconsiderarte	reconsiderarlo, reconsiderarla, reconsiderarse	reconsiderarnos	reconsideraros	reconsiderarlos, reconsiderarlas, reconsiderarse
with gerund reconsiderando
	dative	reconsiderándome	reconsiderándote	reconsiderándole, reconsiderándose	reconsiderándonos	reconsiderándoos	reconsiderándoles, reconsiderándose
	accusative	reconsiderándome	reconsiderándote	reconsiderándolo, reconsiderándola, reconsiderándose	reconsiderándonos	reconsiderándoos	reconsiderándolos, reconsiderándolas, reconsiderándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative reconsidera
	dative	reconsidérame	reconsidérate	reconsidérale	reconsidéranos	not used	reconsidérales
	accusative	reconsidérame	reconsidérate	reconsidéralo, reconsidérala	reconsidéranos	not used	reconsidéralos, reconsidéralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative reconsiderá
	dative	reconsiderame	reconsiderate	reconsiderale	reconsideranos	not used	reconsiderales
	accusative	reconsiderame	reconsiderate	reconsideralo, reconsiderala	reconsideranos	not used	reconsideralos, reconsideralas
with formal second-person singular imperative reconsidere
	dative	reconsidéreme	not used	reconsidérele, reconsidérese	reconsidérenos	not used	reconsidéreles
	accusative	reconsidéreme	not used	reconsidérelo, reconsidérela, reconsidérese	reconsidérenos	not used	reconsidérelos, reconsidérelas
with first-person plural imperative reconsideremos
	dative	not used	reconsiderémoste	reconsiderémosle	reconsiderémonos	reconsiderémoos	reconsiderémosles
	accusative	not used	reconsiderémoste	reconsiderémoslo, reconsiderémosla	reconsiderémonos	reconsiderémoos	reconsiderémoslos, reconsiderémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative reconsiderad
	dative	reconsideradme	not used	reconsideradle	reconsideradnos	reconsideraos	reconsideradles
	accusative	reconsideradme	not used	reconsideradlo, reconsideradla	reconsideradnos	reconsideraos	reconsideradlos, reconsideradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative reconsideren
	dative	reconsidérenme	not used	reconsidérenle	reconsidérennos	not used	reconsidérenles, reconsidérense
	accusative	reconsidérenme	not used	reconsidérenlo, reconsidérenla	reconsidérennos	not used	reconsidérenlos, reconsidérenlas, reconsidérense

Derived terms

• reconsideración

 

Further reading

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