recatar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *recaptāre, from Latin re- + captāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rekaˈtaɾ/ [re.kaˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧ca‧tar

Verb

recatar (first-person singular present recato, first-person singular preterite recaté, past participle recatado)

1. to hide
2. to retaste

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recatar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			recatar
gerund			recatando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		recatado		recatada
		plural		recatados		recatadas
		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	recato	recatastú recatásvos	recata	recatamos	recatáis	recatan
	imperfect	recataba	recatabas	recataba	recatábamos	recatabais	recataban
	preterite	recaté	recataste	recató	recatamos	recatasteis	recataron
	future	recataré	recatarás	recatará	recataremos	recataréis	recatarán
	conditional	recataría	recatarías	recataría	recataríamos	recataríais	recatarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	recate	recatestú recatésvos2	recate	recatemos	recatéis	recaten
	imperfect (ra)	recatara	recataras	recatara	recatáramos	recatarais	recataran
	imperfect (se)	recatase	recatases	recatase	recatásemos	recataseis	recatasen
	future1	recatare	recatares	recatare	recatáremos	recatareis	recataren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		recatatú recatávos	recate	recatemos	recatad	recaten
	negative		no recates	no recate	no recatemos	no recatéis	no recaten

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

    Selected combined forms of recatar

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 recatar	dative	recatarme	recatarte	recatarle, recatarse	recatarnos	recataros	recatarles, recatarse
	accusative	recatarme	recatarte	recatarlo, recatarla, recatarse	recatarnos	recataros	recatarlos, recatarlas, recatarse
with gerund recatando	dative	recatándome	recatándote	recatándole, recatándose	recatándonos	recatándoos	recatándoles, recatándose
	accusative	recatándome	recatándote	recatándolo, recatándola, recatándose	recatándonos	recatándoos	recatándolos, recatándolas, recatándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative recata	dative	recátame	recátate	recátale	recátanos	not used	recátales
	accusative	recátame	recátate	recátalo, recátala	recátanos	not used	recátalos, recátalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative recatá	dative	recatame	recatate	recatale	recatanos	not used	recatales
	accusative	recatame	recatate	recatalo, recatala	recatanos	not used	recatalos, recatalas
with formal second-person singular imperative recate	dative	recáteme	not used	recátele, recátese	recátenos	not used	recáteles
	accusative	recáteme	not used	recátelo, recátela, recátese	recátenos	not used	recátelos, recátelas
with first-person plural imperative recatemos	dative	not used	recatémoste	recatémosle	recatémonos	recatémoos	recatémosles
	accusative	not used	recatémoste	recatémoslo, recatémosla	recatémonos	recatémoos	recatémoslos, recatémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative recatad	dative	recatadme	not used	recatadle	recatadnos	recataos	recatadles
	accusative	recatadme	not used	recatadlo, recatadla	recatadnos	recataos	recatadlos, recatadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative recaten	dative	recátenme	not used	recátenle	recátennos	not used	recátenles, recátense
	accusative	recátenme	not used	recátenlo, recátenla	recátennos	not used	recátenlos, recátenlas, recátense

Derived terms

• recatado

Further reading

• “recatar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024