reclama

See also: reclamá, réclama, and reclamă

English

Noun

reclama (plural reclamas)

1. (US, military) A request made to the authority to reconsider its decision or action. It is normally sent through official channels, i.e. through the chain of command.
   • 2006. Rex Geveden. Written NASA memo:

     Subject: DAWN Cancellation Reclama

Verb

reclama (third-person singular simple present reclamas, present participle reclamaing, simple past and past participle reclamaed)

1. To request that a decision be reconsidered.

References

• Reclama, DOD Dictionary of Military Terms, File retrieved Nov. 3, 2007.

Anagrams

• maceral, caramel, Maracle, Caramel, ceramal, cameral

Catalan

Verb

reclama

1. inflection of reclamar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Verb

reclama

1. inflection of reclamare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Carmela, calmare, calmerà, clamare, clamerà

Latin

Verb

reclāmā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of reclāmō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈklɐ̃.mɐ/ [heˈklɐ̃.mɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈklɐ̃.mɐ/ [heˈklɐ̃.mɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈklɐ̃.mɐ/ [χeˈklɐ̃.mɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈklɐ.ma/ [heˈklɐ.ma]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈklɐ.mɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈklɐ.mɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈkla.mɐ/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mɐ
• Hyphenation: re‧cla‧ma

Verb

reclama

1. inflection of reclamar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French réclamer. First attested in the 1830s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re.klaˈma/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: re‧cla‧ma

Verb

a reclama (third-person singular present reclamă or (dated) reclamează, past participle reclamat) 1st conjugation

1. (transitive, formerly intransitive) to report someone (notify an authority of one’s misconduct)
   • 2023, Laura Bălan, transl., The Beatles: O istorie‎^[1], Bucharest: Nemira, translation of One Two Three Four: the Beatles in Time by Craig Brown, →ISBN:

     Ca să se răzbune, bătăușul Koschminder l-a reclamat pe George la poliție că nu avea vârsta legală și a fost deportat fără întârziere.

     To get revenge, Koschminder the bully reported George to the police for being underage, and he was deported without delay.

2. (transitive, medicine) to report (symptoms, pain etc.)

   Synonym: acuza

3. (transitive, formal, also law) to demand, claim

   Synonyms: cere, pretinde, revendica

   a îi reclama atenția ― to claim someone’s attention

   • 1940, Liviu Rebreanu, Amândoi [Both]‎^[2], Bucharest: Socec, page 73:

     Sora a început atunci să-și reclame partea de moștenire, dându-și seama că a fost frustrată.

     The sister then began to demand her share of the inheritance, realising that she had been cheated.

4. (transitive, formal, by extension) to necessitate

   Synonyms: cere, impune, necesita, presupune

   • 1989 February 8, V. Rodin, “Императиве ши реалитэць [Imperative și realități, Imperatives and realities]”, in Молдова Сочиалистэ [Moldova Socialistă, Socialist Moldova], number 17042, Chișinău, page 2:

     Периоада де трансформэрь револуционаре рекламэ модификэрь атыт ын домениул економией, кыт ши ын сфера идеолоӂикэ.

     Perioada de transformări revoluționare reclamă modificări atât în domeniul economiei, cât și în sfera ideologică.

     The period of revolutionary transformations necessitates changes not only in the field of economy, but in the ideological sphere as well.

Conjugation

    conjugation of reclama (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a reclama
gerund			reclamând
past participle			reclamat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	reclam	reclami	reclamă	reclamăm	reclamați	reclamă
	imperfect	reclamam	reclamai	reclama	reclamam	reclamați	reclamau
	simple perfect	reclamai	reclamași	reclamă	reclamarăm	reclamarăți	reclamară
	pluperfect	reclamasem	reclamaseși	reclamase	reclamaserăm	reclamaserăți	reclamaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să reclam	să reclami	să reclame	să reclamăm	să reclamați	să reclame
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		reclamă			reclamați
	negative		nu reclama			nu reclamați

Derived terms

• reclamagiu
• reclamare
• reclamat

Related terms

• reclamație
• reclamator
• reclamă

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈkla.ma/
• Rhymes: -ama
• Hyphenation: re‧cla‧ma

Noun

reclama

1. nominative/accusative definite singular of reclamă (“advertisement”)

Further reading

• reclama in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
• Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1975), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎^[3], volume 9, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, page 233

Spanish

Verb

reclama

1. inflection of reclamar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative