recar

See also: Recar

Catalan

Etymology

From earlier racar. Ultimate origin uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [reˈkaɾ]

Verb

recar (first-person singular present reco, first-person singular preterite requí, past participle recat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (impersonal) to regret

   Em reca que malgrat tot l'esforç fet no hem pogut evitar-ho.

   I regret that despite all efforts we were not able to avoid it.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			recar
gerund			recant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		recat		recada
		plural		recats		recades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	reco	reques	reca	requem	requeu	requen
	imperfect	recava	recaves	recava	recàvem	recàveu	recaven
	future	recaré	recaràs	recarà	recarem	recareu	recaran
	preterite	requí	recares	recà	recàrem	recàreu	recaren
	conditional	recaria	recaries	recaria	recaríem	recaríeu	recarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	requi	requis	requi	requem	requeu	requin
	imperfect	requés	requessis	requés	requéssim	requéssiu	requessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	reca	requi	requem	requeu	requin
	negative (no)	—	no requis	no requi	no requem	no requeu	no requin

Further reading

• “recar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “recar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.