remendar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Old Galician-Portuguese re-

Portuguese re-

Portuguese emendar

Portuguese remendar

From re- + emendar.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.mẽˈdaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.mẽˈdaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.mẽˈda.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: re‧men‧dar

Verb

remendar (first-person singular present remendo, first-person singular preterite remendei, past participle remendado)

1. to mend (to repair a tear in clothing)
2. (by extension) to repair something crudely

Conjugation

    Conjugation of remendar (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	remendar
Personal	remendar	remendares	remendar	remendarmos	remendardes	remendarem
Gerund
	remendando
Past participle
Masculine	remendado			remendados
Feminine	remendada			remendadas
Indicative
Present	remendo	remendas	remenda	remendamos	remendais	remendam
Imperfect	remendava	remendavas	remendava	remendávamos	remendáveis	remendavam
Preterite	remendei	remendaste	remendou	remendamos1, remendámos2	remendastes	remendaram
Pluperfect	remendara	remendaras	remendara	remendáramos	remendáreis	remendaram
Future	remendarei	remendarás	remendará	remendaremos	remendareis	remendarão
Conditional	remendaria	remendarias	remendaria	remendaríamos	remendaríeis	remendariam
Subjunctive
Present	remende	remendes	remende	remendemos	remendeis	remendem
Imperfect	remendasse	remendasses	remendasse	remendássemos	remendásseis	remendassem
Future	remendar	remendares	remendar	remendarmos	remendardes	remendarem
Imperative
Affirmative		remenda	remende	remendemos	remendai	remendem
Negative (não)		não remendes	não remende	não remendemos	não remendeis	não remendem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• remendável

Related terms

• remendo

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From re- + emendar.; compare enmendar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /remenˈdaɾ/ [re.mẽn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧men‧dar

Verb

remendar (first-person singular present remiendo, first-person singular preterite remendé, past participle remendado)

1. to improve, patch, mend, repair, patch up

   Synonyms: arreglar, corregir, mejorar, remediar, reparar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of remendar (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			remendar
gerund			remendando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		remendado		remendada
		plural		remendados		remendadas
		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	remiendo	remiendastú remendásvos	remienda	remendamos	remendáis	remiendan
	imperfect	remendaba	remendabas	remendaba	remendábamos	remendabais	remendaban
	preterite	remendé	remendaste	remendó	remendamos	remendasteis	remendaron
	future	remendaré	remendarás	remendará	remendaremos	remendaréis	remendarán
	conditional	remendaría	remendarías	remendaría	remendaríamos	remendaríais	remendarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	remiende	remiendestú remendésvos2	remiende	remendemos	remendéis	remienden
	imperfect (ra)	remendara	remendaras	remendara	remendáramos	remendarais	remendaran
	imperfect (se)	remendase	remendases	remendase	remendásemos	remendaseis	remendasen
	future1	remendare	remendares	remendare	remendáremos	remendareis	remendaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		remiendatú remendávos	remiende	remendemos	remendad	remienden
	negative		no remiendes	no remiende	no remendemos	no remendéis	no remienden

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

    Selected combined forms of remendar (e-ie 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 remendar	dative	remendarme	remendarte	remendarle, remendarse	remendarnos	remendaros	remendarles, remendarse
	accusative	remendarme	remendarte	remendarlo, remendarla, remendarse	remendarnos	remendaros	remendarlos, remendarlas, remendarse
with gerund remendando	dative	remendándome	remendándote	remendándole, remendándose	remendándonos	remendándoos	remendándoles, remendándose
	accusative	remendándome	remendándote	remendándolo, remendándola, remendándose	remendándonos	remendándoos	remendándolos, remendándolas, remendándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative remienda	dative	remiéndame	remiéndate	remiéndale	remiéndanos	not used	remiéndales
	accusative	remiéndame	remiéndate	remiéndalo, remiéndala	remiéndanos	not used	remiéndalos, remiéndalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative remendá	dative	remendame	remendate	remendale	remendanos	not used	remendales
	accusative	remendame	remendate	remendalo, remendala	remendanos	not used	remendalos, remendalas
with formal second-person singular imperative remiende	dative	remiéndeme	not used	remiéndele, remiéndese	remiéndenos	not used	remiéndeles
	accusative	remiéndeme	not used	remiéndelo, remiéndela, remiéndese	remiéndenos	not used	remiéndelos, remiéndelas
with first-person plural imperative remendemos	dative	not used	remendémoste	remendémosle	remendémonos	remendémoos	remendémosles
	accusative	not used	remendémoste	remendémoslo, remendémosla	remendémonos	remendémoos	remendémoslos, remendémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative remendad	dative	remendadme	not used	remendadle	remendadnos	remendaos	remendadles
	accusative	remendadme	not used	remendadlo, remendadla	remendadnos	remendaos	remendadlos, remendadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative remienden	dative	remiéndenme	not used	remiéndenle	remiéndennos	not used	remiéndenles, remiéndense
	accusative	remiéndenme	not used	remiéndenlo, remiéndenla	remiéndennos	not used	remiéndenlos, remiéndenlas, remiéndense

Related terms

• remendón
• remiendo

Further reading

• “remendar”, 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