reatar

Portuguese

Etymology

From re- +‎ atar.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁjɐˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁjɐˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁjɐˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: re‧a‧tar

Verb

reatar (first-person singular present reato, first-person singular preterite reatei, past participle reatado)

1. (transitive) to retie
2. to resume, to renew

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reatar (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	reatar
Personal	reatar	reatares	reatar	reatarmos	reatardes	reatarem
Gerund
	reatando
Past participle
Masculine	reatado			reatados
Feminine	reatada			reatadas
Indicative
Present	reato	reatas	reata	reatamos	reatais	reatam
Imperfect	reatava	reatavas	reatava	reatávamos	reatáveis	reatavam
Preterite	reatei	reataste	reatou	reatamos1, reatámos2	reatastes	reataram
Pluperfect	reatara	reataras	reatara	reatáramos	reatáreis	reataram
Future	reatarei	reatarás	reatará	reataremos	reatareis	reatarão
Conditional	reataria	reatarias	reataria	reataríamos	reataríeis	reatariam
Subjunctive
Present	reate	reates	reate	reatemos	reateis	reatem
Imperfect	reatasse	reatasses	reatasse	reatássemos	reatásseis	reatassem
Future	reatar	reatares	reatar	reatarmos	reatardes	reatarem
Imperative
Affirmative		reata	reate	reatemos	reatai	reatem
Negative (não)		não reates	não reate	não reatemos	não reateis	não reatem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• reatadura
• reatamento

Further reading

• “reatar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From re- +‎ atar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reaˈtaɾ/ [re.aˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧a‧tar

Verb

reatar (first-person singular present reato, first-person singular preterite reaté, past participle reatado)

1. to retie
2. to tie tightly

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reatar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			reatar
gerund			reatando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		reatado		reatada
		plural		reatados		reatadas
		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	reato	reatastú reatásvos	reata	reatamos	reatáis	reatan
	imperfect	reataba	reatabas	reataba	reatábamos	reatabais	reataban
	preterite	reaté	reataste	reató	reatamos	reatasteis	reataron
	future	reataré	reatarás	reatará	reataremos	reataréis	reatarán
	conditional	reataría	reatarías	reataría	reataríamos	reataríais	reatarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	reate	reatestú reatésvos2	reate	reatemos	reatéis	reaten
	imperfect (ra)	reatara	reataras	reatara	reatáramos	reatarais	reataran
	imperfect (se)	reatase	reatases	reatase	reatásemos	reataseis	reatasen
	future1	reatare	reatares	reatare	reatáremos	reatareis	reataren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		reatatú reatávos	reate	reatemos	reatad	reaten
	negative		no reates	no reate	no reatemos	no reatéis	no reaten

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

    Selected combined forms of reatar

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 reatar
	dative	reatarme	reatarte	reatarle, reatarse	reatarnos	reataros	reatarles, reatarse
	accusative	reatarme	reatarte	reatarlo, reatarla, reatarse	reatarnos	reataros	reatarlos, reatarlas, reatarse
with gerund reatando
	dative	reatándome	reatándote	reatándole, reatándose	reatándonos	reatándoos	reatándoles, reatándose
	accusative	reatándome	reatándote	reatándolo, reatándola, reatándose	reatándonos	reatándoos	reatándolos, reatándolas, reatándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative reata
	dative	reátame	reátate	reátale	reátanos	not used	reátales
	accusative	reátame	reátate	reátalo, reátala	reátanos	not used	reátalos, reátalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative reatá
	dative	reatame	reatate	reatale	reatanos	not used	reatales
	accusative	reatame	reatate	reatalo, reatala	reatanos	not used	reatalos, reatalas
with formal second-person singular imperative reate
	dative	reáteme	not used	reátele, reátese	reátenos	not used	reáteles
	accusative	reáteme	not used	reátelo, reátela, reátese	reátenos	not used	reátelos, reátelas
with first-person plural imperative reatemos
	dative	not used	reatémoste	reatémosle	reatémonos	reatémoos	reatémosles
	accusative	not used	reatémoste	reatémoslo, reatémosla	reatémonos	reatémoos	reatémoslos, reatémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative reatad
	dative	reatadme	not used	reatadle	reatadnos	reataos	reatadles
	accusative	reatadme	not used	reatadlo, reatadla	reatadnos	reataos	reatadlos, reatadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative reaten
	dative	reátenme	not used	reátenle	reátennos	not used	reátenles, reátense
	accusative	reátenme	not used	reátenlo, reátenla	reátennos	not used	reátenlos, reátenlas, reátense

Derived terms

• reatadura

 

Further reading

• “reatar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28