recomponer

See also: recompoñer

Spanish

Verb

recomponer (first-person singular present recompongo, first-person singular preterite recompuse, past participle recompuesto)

1. to mend, put back together, fix back
2. to recompose
3. (reflexive) to pull oneself together, get oneself together

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recomponer (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			recomponer
gerund			recomponiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		recompuesto		recompuesta
		plural		recompuestos		recompuestas
		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	recompongo	recomponestú recomponésvos	recompone	recomponemos	recomponéis	recomponen
	imperfect	recomponía	recomponías	recomponía	recomponíamos	recomponíais	recomponían
	preterite	recompuse	recompusiste	recompuso	recompusimos	recompusisteis	recompusieron
	future	recompondré	recompondrás	recompondrá	recompondremos	recompondréis	recompondrán
	conditional	recompondría	recompondrías	recompondría	recompondríamos	recompondríais	recompondrían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	recomponga	recompongastú recompongásvos2	recomponga	recompongamos	recompongáis	recompongan
	imperfect (ra)	recompusiera	recompusieras	recompusiera	recompusiéramos	recompusierais	recompusieran
	imperfect (se)	recompusiese	recompusieses	recompusiese	recompusiésemos	recompusieseis	recompusiesen
	future1	recompusiere	recompusieres	recompusiere	recompusiéremos	recompusiereis	recompusieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		recompóntú recomponévos	recomponga	recompongamos	recomponed	recompongan
	negative		no recompongas	no recomponga	no recompongamos	no recompongáis	no recompongan

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

    Selected combined forms of recomponer (irregular)

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 recomponer
	dative	recomponerme	recomponerte	recomponerle, recomponerse	recomponernos	recomponeros	recomponerles, recomponerse
	accusative	recomponerme	recomponerte	recomponerlo, recomponerla, recomponerse	recomponernos	recomponeros	recomponerlos, recomponerlas, recomponerse
with gerund recomponiendo
	dative	recomponiéndome	recomponiéndote	recomponiéndole, recomponiéndose	recomponiéndonos	recomponiéndoos	recomponiéndoles, recomponiéndose
	accusative	recomponiéndome	recomponiéndote	recomponiéndolo, recomponiéndola, recomponiéndose	recomponiéndonos	recomponiéndoos	recomponiéndolos, recomponiéndolas, recomponiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative recompón
	dative	recomponme	recomponte	recomponle	recomponnos	not used	recomponles
	accusative	recomponme	recomponte	recomponlo, recomponla	recomponnos	not used	recomponlos, recomponlas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative recomponé
	dative	recomponeme	recomponete	recomponele	recomponenos	not used	recomponeles
	accusative	recomponeme	recomponete	recomponelo, recomponela	recomponenos	not used	recomponelos, recomponelas
with formal second-person singular imperative recomponga
	dative	recompóngame	not used	recompóngale, recompóngase	recompónganos	not used	recompóngales
	accusative	recompóngame	not used	recompóngalo, recompóngala, recompóngase	recompónganos	not used	recompóngalos, recompóngalas
with first-person plural imperative recompongamos
	dative	not used	recompongámoste	recompongámosle	recompongámonos	recompongámoos	recompongámosles
	accusative	not used	recompongámoste	recompongámoslo, recompongámosla	recompongámonos	recompongámoos	recompongámoslos, recompongámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative recomponed
	dative	recomponedme	not used	recomponedle	recomponednos	recomponeos	recomponedles
	accusative	recomponedme	not used	recomponedlo, recomponedla	recomponednos	recomponeos	recomponedlos, recomponedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative recompongan
	dative	recompónganme	not used	recompónganle	recompóngannos	not used	recompónganles, recompónganse
	accusative	recompónganme	not used	recompónganlo, recompónganla	recompóngannos	not used	recompónganlos, recompónganlas, recompónganse

Further reading

• “recomponer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28