rechistar

Spanish

Etymology

See chistar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ret͡ʃisˈtaɾ/ [re.t͡ʃisˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧chis‧tar

Verb

rechistar (first-person singular present rechisto, first-person singular preterite rechisté, past participle rechistado)

1. to complain, grumble

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rechistar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			rechistar
gerund			rechistando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rechistado		rechistada
		plural		rechistados		rechistadas
		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	rechisto	rechistastú rechistásvos	rechista	rechistamos	rechistáis	rechistan
	imperfect	rechistaba	rechistabas	rechistaba	rechistábamos	rechistabais	rechistaban
	preterite	rechisté	rechistaste	rechistó	rechistamos	rechistasteis	rechistaron
	future	rechistaré	rechistarás	rechistará	rechistaremos	rechistaréis	rechistarán
	conditional	rechistaría	rechistarías	rechistaría	rechistaríamos	rechistaríais	rechistarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rechiste	rechistestú rechistésvos2	rechiste	rechistemos	rechistéis	rechisten
	imperfect (ra)	rechistara	rechistaras	rechistara	rechistáramos	rechistarais	rechistaran
	imperfect (se)	rechistase	rechistases	rechistase	rechistásemos	rechistaseis	rechistasen
	future1	rechistare	rechistares	rechistare	rechistáremos	rechistareis	rechistaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rechistatú rechistávos	rechiste	rechistemos	rechistad	rechisten
	negative		no rechistes	no rechiste	no rechistemos	no rechistéis	no rechisten

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

Further reading

• “rechistar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10