recamar

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic رَقْم (raqm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rekaˈmaɾ/ [re.kaˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧ca‧mar

Verb

recamar (first-person singular present recamo, first-person singular preterite recamé, past participle recamado)

1. to emboss, embroider

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recamar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			recamar
gerund			recamando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		recamado		recamada
		plural		recamados		recamadas
		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	recamo	recamastú recamásvos	recama	recamamos	recamáis	recaman
	imperfect	recamaba	recamabas	recamaba	recamábamos	recamabais	recamaban
	preterite	recamé	recamaste	recamó	recamamos	recamasteis	recamaron
	future	recamaré	recamarás	recamará	recamaremos	recamaréis	recamarán
	conditional	recamaría	recamarías	recamaría	recamaríamos	recamaríais	recamarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	recame	recamestú recamésvos2	recame	recamemos	recaméis	recamen
	imperfect (ra)	recamara	recamaras	recamara	recamáramos	recamarais	recamaran
	imperfect (se)	recamase	recamases	recamase	recamásemos	recamaseis	recamasen
	future1	recamare	recamares	recamare	recamáremos	recamareis	recamaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		recamatú recamávos	recame	recamemos	recamad	recamen
	negative		no recames	no recame	no recamemos	no recaméis	no recamen

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

    Selected combined forms of recamar

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 recamar
	dative	recamarme	recamarte	recamarle, recamarse	recamarnos	recamaros	recamarles, recamarse
	accusative	recamarme	recamarte	recamarlo, recamarla, recamarse	recamarnos	recamaros	recamarlos, recamarlas, recamarse
with gerund recamando
	dative	recamándome	recamándote	recamándole, recamándose	recamándonos	recamándoos	recamándoles, recamándose
	accusative	recamándome	recamándote	recamándolo, recamándola, recamándose	recamándonos	recamándoos	recamándolos, recamándolas, recamándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative recama
	dative	recámame	recámate	recámale	recámanos	not used	recámales
	accusative	recámame	recámate	recámalo, recámala	recámanos	not used	recámalos, recámalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative recamá
	dative	recamame	recamate	recamale	recamanos	not used	recamales
	accusative	recamame	recamate	recamalo, recamala	recamanos	not used	recamalos, recamalas
with formal second-person singular imperative recame
	dative	recámeme	not used	recámele, recámese	recámenos	not used	recámeles
	accusative	recámeme	not used	recámelo, recámela, recámese	recámenos	not used	recámelos, recámelas
with first-person plural imperative recamemos
	dative	not used	recamémoste	recamémosle	recamémonos	recamémoos	recamémosles
	accusative	not used	recamémoste	recamémoslo, recamémosla	recamémonos	recamémoos	recamémoslos, recamémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative recamad
	dative	recamadme	not used	recamadle	recamadnos	recamaos	recamadles
	accusative	recamadme	not used	recamadlo, recamadla	recamadnos	recamaos	recamadlos, recamadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative recamen
	dative	recámenme	not used	recámenle	recámennos	not used	recámenles, recámense
	accusative	recámenme	not used	recámenlo, recámenla	recámennos	not used	recámenlos, recámenlas, recámense

Further reading

• “recamar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28