recloure

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin reclūdō. The shift in meaning from "open, reveal" to "shut away, imprison" is paralleled by Spanish Spanish recluir, Italian recludere, etc.

Verb

recloure (first-person singular present recloc, first-person singular preterite recloguí, past participle reclòs)

1. (transitive) to confine, to imprison
2. (reflexive) to shut oneself away

   Synonym: enclaustrar-se

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recloure (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			recloure
gerund			recloent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		reclòs		reclosa
		plural		reclosos		recloses
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	recloc	reclous	reclou	recloem	recloeu	reclouen
	imperfect	recloïa	recloïes	recloïa	recloíem	recloíeu	recloïen
	future	reclouré	reclouràs	reclourà	reclourem	recloureu	reclouran
	preterite	recloguí	reclogueres	reclogué	recloguérem	recloguéreu	reclogueren
	conditional	reclouria	reclouries	reclouria	reclouríem	reclouríeu	reclourien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	reclogui	recloguis	reclogui	recloguem	reclogueu	recloguin
	imperfect	reclogués	recloguessis	reclogués	recloguéssim	recloguéssiu	recloguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	reclou	reclogui	recloguem	recloeu	recloguin
	negative (no)	—	no recloguis	no reclogui	no recloguem	no reclogueu	no recloguin

Related terms

• cloure

Further reading

• “recloure”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024