recrear

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recreāre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

recrear (first-person singular present recreo, first-person singular preterite recreí, past participle recreat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

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

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of recrear (first conjugation)

infinitive			recrear
gerund			recreant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		recreat		recreada
		plural		recreats		recreades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	recreo	recrees	recrea	recreem	recreeu	recreen
	imperfect	recreava	recreaves	recreava	recreàvem	recreàveu	recreaven
	future	recrearé	recrearàs	recrearà	recrearem	recreareu	recrearan
	preterite	recreí	recreares	recreà	recreàrem	recreàreu	recrearen
	conditional	recrearia	recrearies	recrearia	recrearíem	recrearíeu	recrearien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	recreï	recreïs	recreï	recreem	recreeu	recreïn
	imperfect	recreés	recreessis	recreés	recreéssim	recreéssiu	recreessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	recrea	recreï	recreem	recreeu	recreïn
	negative (no)	—	no recreïs	no recreï	no recreem	no recreeu	no recreïn

Related terms

• crear
• recreació

Further reading

• “recrear”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “recrear”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “recrear” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “recrear”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin recreāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kɾeˈa(ʁ)/ [he.kɾeˈa(h)], /ʁe.kɾiˈa(ʁ)/ [he.kɾiˈa(h)], (faster) /ʁeˈkɾja(ʁ)/ [heˈkɾja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kɾeˈa(ʁ)/ [he.kɾeˈa(h)], /ʁe.kɾiˈa(ʁ)/ [he.kɾiˈa(h)], (faster) /ʁeˈkɾja(ʁ)/ [heˈkɾja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kɾeˈa(ɾ)/ [he.kɾeˈa(ɾ)], /ʁe.kɾiˈa(ɾ)/ [he.kɾiˈa(ɾ)], (faster) /ʁeˈkɾja(ɾ)/ [heˈkɾja(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kɾeˈa(ʁ)/ [χe.kɾeˈa(χ)], /ʁe.kɾiˈa(ʁ)/ [χe.kɾiˈa(χ)], (faster) /ʁeˈkɾja(ʁ)/ [χeˈkɾja(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kɾeˈa(ɻ)/ [he.kɾeˈa(ɻ)], /ʁe.kɾiˈa(ɻ)/ [he.kɾiˈa(ɻ)], (faster) /ʁeˈkɾja(ɻ)/ [heˈkɾja(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kɾiˈaɾ/, (faster) /ʁɨˈkɾjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kɾiˈaɾ/, (faster) /ʁɨˈkɾjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kɾiˈa.ɾi/, (faster) /ʁɨˈkɾja.ɾi/

• Homophone: recriar (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: re‧cre‧ar

Verb

recrear (first-person singular present recreio, first-person singular preterite recreei, past participle recreado)

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recrear (e becomes ei when stressed) (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	recrear
Personal	recrear	recreares	recrear	recrearmos	recreardes	recrearem
Gerund
	recreando
Past participle
Masculine	recreado			recreados
Feminine	recreada			recreadas
Indicative
Present	recreio	recreias	recreia	recreamos	recreais	recreiam
Imperfect	recreava	recreavas	recreava	recreávamos	recreáveis	recreavam
Preterite	recreei	recreaste	recreou	recreamos1, recreámos2	recreastes	recrearam
Pluperfect	recreara	recrearas	recreara	recreáramos	recreáreis	recrearam
Future	recrearei	recrearás	recreará	recrearemos	recreareis	recrearão
Conditional	recrearia	recrearias	recrearia	recrearíamos	recrearíeis	recreariam
Subjunctive
Present	recreie	recreies	recreie	recreemos	recreeis	recreiem
Imperfect	recreasse	recreasses	recreasse	recreássemos	recreásseis	recreassem
Future	recrear	recreares	recrear	recrearmos	recreardes	recrearem
Imperative
Affirmative		recreia	recreie	recreemos	recreai	recreiem
Negative (não)		não recreies	não recreie	não recreemos	não recreeis	não recreiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• recreio
• recreação

Further reading

• “recrear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “recrear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁eh₂yéti

Latin creō

Latin recreōlbor.

Spanish recrear

Learned borrowing from Latin recreō, from re- (“back, again”) + creō (“to create, produce, make”). Equivalent to re- +‎ crear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rekɾeˈaɾ/ [re.kɾeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧cre‧ar

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to re-create (to create anew)
2. (transitive) to cause to enjoy, to make happy
3. (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

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-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 tuteo 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 voseo 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

Derived terms

• recreador

Related terms

• crear
• recreación

Further reading

• “recrear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025