recelar

Catalan

Etymology

From re- +‎ celar. Compare Spanish recelar and Galician and Portuguese recear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.səˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.seˈlaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

recelar (first-person singular present recelo, first-person singular preterite recelí, past participle recelat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Valencia) /e/

1. (intransitive) to be suspicious or wary

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recelar (first conjugation)

infinitive			recelar
gerund			recelant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		recelat		recelada
		plural		recelats		recelades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	recelo	receles	recela	recelem	receleu	recelen
	imperfect	recelava	recelaves	recelava	recelàvem	recelàveu	recelaven
	future	recelaré	recelaràs	recelarà	recelarem	recelareu	recelaran
	preterite	recelí	recelares	recelà	recelàrem	recelàreu	recelaren
	conditional	recelaria	recelaries	recelaria	recelaríem	recelaríeu	recelarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	receli	recelis	receli	recelem	receleu	recelin
	imperfect	recelés	recelessis	recelés	receléssim	receléssiu	recelessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	recela	receli	recelem	receleu	recelin
	negative (no)	—	no recelis	no receli	no recelem	no receleu	no recelin

Derived terms

• recel

Further reading

• “recelar”, 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

Spanish

Etymology

From re + celar. Compare Catalan recelar and Galician and Portuguese recear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reθeˈlaɾ/ [re.θeˈlaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /reseˈlaɾ/ [re.seˈlaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧ce‧lar

Verb

recelar (first-person singular present recelo, first-person singular preterite recelé, past participle recelado)

1. to suspect

   Synonym: sospechar

2. to be wary of

   Synonym: desconfiar

3. (animal husbandry) to use a teaser with a mare (to place a male horse to entice a mare to receive a stud jack (i.e. male donkey))

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recelar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			recelar
gerund			recelando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		recelado		recelada
		plural		recelados		receladas
		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	recelo	recelastú recelásvos	recela	recelamos	receláis	recelan
	imperfect	recelaba	recelabas	recelaba	recelábamos	recelabais	recelaban
	preterite	recelé	recelaste	receló	recelamos	recelasteis	recelaron
	future	recelaré	recelarás	recelará	recelaremos	recelaréis	recelarán
	conditional	recelaría	recelarías	recelaría	recelaríamos	recelaríais	recelarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	recele	recelestú recelésvos2	recele	recelemos	receléis	recelen
	imperfect (ra)	recelara	recelaras	recelara	receláramos	recelarais	recelaran
	imperfect (se)	recelase	recelases	recelase	recelásemos	recelaseis	recelasen
	future1	recelare	recelares	recelare	receláremos	recelareis	recelaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		recelatú recelávos	recele	recelemos	recelad	recelen
	negative		no receles	no recele	no recelemos	no receléis	no recelen

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

    Selected combined forms of recelar

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 recelar	dative	recelarme	recelarte	recelarle, recelarse	recelarnos	recelaros	recelarles, recelarse
	accusative	recelarme	recelarte	recelarlo, recelarla, recelarse	recelarnos	recelaros	recelarlos, recelarlas, recelarse
with gerund recelando	dative	recelándome	recelándote	recelándole, recelándose	recelándonos	recelándoos	recelándoles, recelándose
	accusative	recelándome	recelándote	recelándolo, recelándola, recelándose	recelándonos	recelándoos	recelándolos, recelándolas, recelándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative recela	dative	recélame	recélate	recélale	recélanos	not used	recélales
	accusative	recélame	recélate	recélalo, recélala	recélanos	not used	recélalos, recélalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative recelá	dative	recelame	recelate	recelale	recelanos	not used	recelales
	accusative	recelame	recelate	recelalo, recelala	recelanos	not used	recelalos, recelalas
with formal second-person singular imperative recele	dative	recéleme	not used	recélele, recélese	recélenos	not used	recéleles
	accusative	recéleme	not used	recélelo, recélela, recélese	recélenos	not used	recélelos, recélelas
with first-person plural imperative recelemos	dative	not used	recelémoste	recelémosle	recelémonos	recelémoos	recelémosles
	accusative	not used	recelémoste	recelémoslo, recelémosla	recelémonos	recelémoos	recelémoslos, recelémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative recelad	dative	receladme	not used	receladle	receladnos	recelaos	receladles
	accusative	receladme	not used	receladlo, receladla	receladnos	recelaos	receladlos, receladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative recelen	dative	recélenme	not used	recélenle	recélennos	not used	recélenles, recélense
	accusative	recélenme	not used	recélenlo, recélenla	recélennos	not used	recélenlos, recélenlas, recélense

Derived terms

• recelo
• receloso

Further reading

• “recelar”, 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