recomendar

Galician

Etymology

From Latin re- + commendāre.

Verb

recomendar (first-person singular present recomendo, first-person singular preterite recomendei, past participle recomendado)

1. to recommend

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recomendar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	recomendar
Personal	recomendar	recomendares	recomendar	recomendarmos	recomendardes	recomendaren
Gerund
	recomendando
Past participle
Masculine	recomendado			recomendados
Feminine	recomendada			recomendadas
Indicative
Present	recomendo	recomendas	recomenda	recomendamos	recomendades	recomendan
Imperfect	recomendaba	recomendabas	recomendaba	recomendabamos	recomendabades	recomendaban
Preterite	recomendei	recomendaches	recomendou	recomendamos	recomendastes	recomendaron
Pluperfect	recomendara	recomendaras	recomendara	recomendaramos	recomendarades	recomendaran
Future	recomendarei	recomendarás	recomendará	recomendaremos	recomendaredes	recomendarán
Conditional	recomendaría	recomendarías	recomendaría	recomendariamos	recomendariades	recomendarían
Subjunctive
Present	recomende	recomendes	recomende	recomendemos	recomendedes	recomenden
Imperfect	recomendase	recomendases	recomendase	recomendásemos	recomendásedes	recomendasen
Future	recomendar	recomendares	recomendar	recomendarmos	recomendardes	recomendaren
Imperative
Affirmative		recomenda	recomende	recomendemos	recomendade	recomenden
Negative (non)		non recomendes	non recomende	non recomendemos	non recomendedes	non recomenden

    Reintegrated conjugation of recomendar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	recomendar
Personal	recomendar	recomendares	recomendar	recomendarmos	recomendardes	recomendarem
Gerund
	recomendando
Past participle
Masculine	recomendado			recomendados
Feminine	recomendada			recomendadas
Indicative
Present	recomendo	recomendas	recomenda	recomendamos	recomendades, recomendais	recomendam
Imperfect	recomendava	recomendavas	recomendava	recomendávamos	recomendávades, recomendáveis, recomendávais1	recomendavam
Preterite	recomendei	recomendaste, recomendache1	recomendou	recomendamos	recomendastes	recomendárom, recomendaram
Pluperfect	recomendara	recomendaras	recomendara	recomendáramos	recomendárades, recomendáreis, recomendárais1	recomendaram
Future	recomendarei	recomendarás	recomendará	recomendaremos	recomendaredes, recomendareis	recomendarám, recomendarão
Conditional	recomendaria	recomendarias	recomendaria	recomendaríamos	recomendaríades, recomendaríeis, recomendaríais1	recomendariam
Subjunctive
Present	recomende	recomendes	recomende	recomendemos	recomendedes, recomendeis	recomendem
Imperfect	recomendasse	recomendasses	recomendasse	recomendássemos	recomendássedes, recomendásseis	recomendassem
Future	recomendar	recomendares	recomendar	recomendarmos	recomendardes	recomendarem
Imperative
Affirmative		recomenda	recomende	recomendemos	recomendade, recomendai	recomendem
Negative (nom)		nom recomendes	nom recomende	nom recomendemos	nom recomendedes, nom recomendeis	nom recomendem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• recomendábel, recomendable
• recomendación

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin re- + commendāre.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.ku.mẽˈdaɾ/

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

Verb

recomendar (first-person singular present recomendo, first-person singular preterite recomendei, past participle recomendado)

1. to recommend, commend
2. to advise

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recomendar (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	recomendar
Personal	recomendar	recomendares	recomendar	recomendarmos	recomendardes	recomendarem
Gerund
	recomendando
Past participle
Masculine	recomendado			recomendados
Feminine	recomendada			recomendadas
Indicative
Present	recomendo	recomendas	recomenda	recomendamos	recomendais	recomendam
Imperfect	recomendava	recomendavas	recomendava	recomendávamos	recomendáveis	recomendavam
Preterite	recomendei	recomendaste	recomendou	recomendamos1, recomendámos2	recomendastes	recomendaram
Pluperfect	recomendara	recomendaras	recomendara	recomendáramos	recomendáreis	recomendaram
Future	recomendarei	recomendarás	recomendará	recomendaremos	recomendareis	recomendarão
Conditional	recomendaria	recomendarias	recomendaria	recomendaríamos	recomendaríeis	recomendariam
Subjunctive
Present	recomende	recomendes	recomende	recomendemos	recomendeis	recomendem
Imperfect	recomendasse	recomendasses	recomendasse	recomendássemos	recomendásseis	recomendassem
Future	recomendar	recomendares	recomendar	recomendarmos	recomendardes	recomendarem
Imperative
Affirmative		recomenda	recomende	recomendemos	recomendai	recomendem
Negative (não)		não recomendes	não recomende	não recomendemos	não recomendeis	não recomendem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• recomendação

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin re- + commendāre.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

recomendar (first-person singular present recomiendo, first-person singular preterite recomendé, past participle recomendado)

1. to recommend

Conjugation

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

infinitive			recomendar
gerund			recomendando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		recomendado		recomendada
		plural		recomendados		recomendadas
		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	recomiendo	recomiendastú recomendásvos	recomienda	recomendamos	recomendáis	recomiendan
	imperfect	recomendaba	recomendabas	recomendaba	recomendábamos	recomendabais	recomendaban
	preterite	recomendé	recomendaste	recomendó	recomendamos	recomendasteis	recomendaron
	future	recomendaré	recomendarás	recomendará	recomendaremos	recomendaréis	recomendarán
	conditional	recomendaría	recomendarías	recomendaría	recomendaríamos	recomendaríais	recomendarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	recomiende	recomiendestú recomendésvos2	recomiende	recomendemos	recomendéis	recomienden
	imperfect (ra)	recomendara	recomendaras	recomendara	recomendáramos	recomendarais	recomendaran
	imperfect (se)	recomendase	recomendases	recomendase	recomendásemos	recomendaseis	recomendasen
	future1	recomendare	recomendares	recomendare	recomendáremos	recomendareis	recomendaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		recomiendatú recomendávos	recomiende	recomendemos	recomendad	recomienden
	negative		no recomiendes	no recomiende	no recomendemos	no recomendéis	no recomienden

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

    Selected combined forms of recomendar (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 recomendar
	dative	recomendarme	recomendarte	recomendarle, recomendarse	recomendarnos	recomendaros	recomendarles, recomendarse
	accusative	recomendarme	recomendarte	recomendarlo, recomendarla, recomendarse	recomendarnos	recomendaros	recomendarlos, recomendarlas, recomendarse
with gerund recomendando
	dative	recomendándome	recomendándote	recomendándole, recomendándose	recomendándonos	recomendándoos	recomendándoles, recomendándose
	accusative	recomendándome	recomendándote	recomendándolo, recomendándola, recomendándose	recomendándonos	recomendándoos	recomendándolos, recomendándolas, recomendándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative recomienda
	dative	recomiéndame	recomiéndate	recomiéndale	recomiéndanos	not used	recomiéndales
	accusative	recomiéndame	recomiéndate	recomiéndalo, recomiéndala	recomiéndanos	not used	recomiéndalos, recomiéndalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative recomendá
	dative	recomendame	recomendate	recomendale	recomendanos	not used	recomendales
	accusative	recomendame	recomendate	recomendalo, recomendala	recomendanos	not used	recomendalos, recomendalas
with formal second-person singular imperative recomiende
	dative	recomiéndeme	not used	recomiéndele, recomiéndese	recomiéndenos	not used	recomiéndeles
	accusative	recomiéndeme	not used	recomiéndelo, recomiéndela, recomiéndese	recomiéndenos	not used	recomiéndelos, recomiéndelas
with first-person plural imperative recomendemos
	dative	not used	recomendémoste	recomendémosle	recomendémonos	recomendémoos	recomendémosles
	accusative	not used	recomendémoste	recomendémoslo, recomendémosla	recomendémonos	recomendémoos	recomendémoslos, recomendémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative recomendad
	dative	recomendadme	not used	recomendadle	recomendadnos	recomendaos	recomendadles
	accusative	recomendadme	not used	recomendadlo, recomendadla	recomendadnos	recomendaos	recomendadlos, recomendadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative recomienden
	dative	recomiéndenme	not used	recomiéndenle	recomiéndennos	not used	recomiéndenles, recomiéndense
	accusative	recomiéndenme	not used	recomiéndenlo, recomiéndenla	recomiéndennos	not used	recomiéndenlos, recomiéndenlas, recomiéndense

Related terms

• recomendable
• recomendación
• recomendado

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: rekomendar

Further reading

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