reconstruir

See also: reconstruír

Catalan

Etymology

From re- +‎ construir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rə.kuns.tɾuˈi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rə.kons.tɾuˈi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.kons.tɾuˈiɾ]
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

reconstruir (first-person singular present reconstrueixo, first-person singular preterite reconstruí, past participle reconstruït)

1. to rebuild; to reconstruct

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reconstruir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			reconstruir
gerund			reconstruint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		reconstruït		reconstruïda
		plural		reconstruïts		reconstruïdes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	reconstrueixo	reconstrueixes	reconstrueix	reconstruïm	reconstruïu	reconstrueixen
	imperfect	reconstruïa	reconstruïes	reconstruïa	reconstruíem	reconstruíeu	reconstruïen
	future	reconstruiré	reconstruiràs	reconstruirà	reconstruirem	reconstruireu	reconstruiran
	preterite	reconstruí	reconstruïres	reconstruí	reconstruírem	reconstruíreu	reconstruïren
	conditional	reconstruiria	reconstruiries	reconstruiria	reconstruiríem	reconstruiríeu	reconstruirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	reconstrueixi	reconstrueixis	reconstrueixi	reconstruïm	reconstruïu	reconstrueixin
	imperfect	reconstruís	reconstruïssis	reconstruís	reconstruíssim	reconstruíssiu	reconstruïssin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	reconstrueix	reconstrueixi	reconstruïm	reconstruïu	reconstrueixin
	negative (no)	—	no reconstrueixis	no reconstrueixi	no reconstruïm	no reconstruïu	no reconstrueixin

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kõsˈtɾujʁ/ [he.kõsˈtɾuɪ̯h]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kõsˈtɾujʁ/ [he.kõsˈtɾuɪ̯h]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kõsˈtɾujɾ/ [he.kõsˈtɾuɪ̯ɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kõʃˈtɾujʁ/ [χe.kõʃˈtɾuɪ̯χ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kõsˈtɾujɻ/ [he.kõsˈtɾuɪ̯ɻ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kõʃˈtɾujɾ/

• Hyphenation: re‧cons‧tru‧ir

Verb

reconstruir (first-person singular present reconstruo, first-person singular preterite reconstruí, past participle reconstruído)

1. to rebuild (to build again)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reconstruir (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	reconstruir
Personal	reconstruir	reconstruíres	reconstruir	reconstruirmos	reconstruirdes	reconstruírem
Gerund
	reconstruindo
Past participle
Masculine	reconstruído			reconstruídos
Feminine	reconstruída			reconstruídas
Indicative
Present	reconstruo	reconstróis, reconstruis	reconstrói, reconstrui	reconstruímos	reconstruís	reconstroem, reconstruem
Imperfect	reconstruía	reconstruías	reconstruía	reconstruíamos	reconstruíeis	reconstruíam
Preterite	reconstruí	reconstruíste	reconstruiu	reconstruímos	reconstruístes	reconstruíram
Pluperfect	reconstruíra	reconstruíras	reconstruíra	reconstruíramos	reconstruíreis	reconstruíram
Future	reconstruirei	reconstruirás	reconstruirá	reconstruiremos	reconstruireis	reconstruirão
Conditional	reconstruiria	reconstruirias	reconstruiria	reconstruiríamos	reconstruiríeis	reconstruiriam
Subjunctive
Present	reconstrua	reconstruas	reconstrua	reconstruamos	reconstruais	reconstruam
Imperfect	reconstruísse	reconstruísses	reconstruísse	reconstruíssemos	reconstruísseis	reconstruíssem
Future	reconstruir	reconstruíres	reconstruir	reconstruirmos	reconstruirdes	reconstruírem
Imperative
Affirmative		reconstrói, reconstrui	reconstrua	reconstruamos	reconstruí	reconstruam
Negative (não)		não reconstruas	não reconstrua	não reconstruamos	não reconstruais	não reconstruam

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin re- + cōnstruō (“to heap; to bring together or gather together”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rekonsˈtɾwiɾ/ [re.kõnsˈt̪ɾwiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: re‧cons‧truir

Verb

reconstruir (first-person singular present reconstruyo, first-person singular preterite reconstruí, past participle reconstruido)

1. to rebuild, to reconstruct

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reconstruir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			reconstruir
gerund			reconstruyendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		reconstruido		reconstruida
		plural		reconstruidos		reconstruidas
		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	reconstruyo	reconstruyestú reconstruísvos	reconstruye	reconstruimos	reconstruís	reconstruyen
	imperfect	reconstruía	reconstruías	reconstruía	reconstruíamos	reconstruíais	reconstruían
	preterite	reconstruí	reconstruiste	reconstruyó	reconstruimos	reconstruisteis	reconstruyeron
	future	reconstruiré	reconstruirás	reconstruirá	reconstruiremos	reconstruiréis	reconstruirán
	conditional	reconstruiría	reconstruirías	reconstruiría	reconstruiríamos	reconstruiríais	reconstruirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	reconstruya	reconstruyastú reconstruyásvos2	reconstruya	reconstruyamos	reconstruyáis	reconstruyan
	imperfect (ra)	reconstruyera	reconstruyeras	reconstruyera	reconstruyéramos	reconstruyerais	reconstruyeran
	imperfect (se)	reconstruyese	reconstruyeses	reconstruyese	reconstruyésemos	reconstruyeseis	reconstruyesen
	future1	reconstruyere	reconstruyeres	reconstruyere	reconstruyéremos	reconstruyereis	reconstruyeren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		reconstruyetú reconstruívos	reconstruya	reconstruyamos	reconstruid	reconstruyan
	negative		no reconstruyas	no reconstruya	no reconstruyamos	no reconstruyáis	no reconstruyan

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

    Selected combined forms of reconstruir

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 reconstruir	dative	reconstruirme	reconstruirte	reconstruirle, reconstruirse	reconstruirnos	reconstruiros	reconstruirles, reconstruirse
	accusative	reconstruirme	reconstruirte	reconstruirlo, reconstruirla, reconstruirse	reconstruirnos	reconstruiros	reconstruirlos, reconstruirlas, reconstruirse
with gerund reconstruyendo	dative	reconstruyéndome	reconstruyéndote	reconstruyéndole, reconstruyéndose	reconstruyéndonos	reconstruyéndoos	reconstruyéndoles, reconstruyéndose
	accusative	reconstruyéndome	reconstruyéndote	reconstruyéndolo, reconstruyéndola, reconstruyéndose	reconstruyéndonos	reconstruyéndoos	reconstruyéndolos, reconstruyéndolas, reconstruyéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative reconstruye	dative	reconstrúyeme	reconstrúyete	reconstrúyele	reconstrúyenos	not used	reconstrúyeles
	accusative	reconstrúyeme	reconstrúyete	reconstrúyelo, reconstrúyela	reconstrúyenos	not used	reconstrúyelos, reconstrúyelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative reconstruí	dative	reconstruime	reconstruite	reconstruile	reconstruinos	not used	reconstruiles
	accusative	reconstruime	reconstruite	reconstruilo, reconstruila	reconstruinos	not used	reconstruilos, reconstruilas
with formal second-person singular imperative reconstruya	dative	reconstrúyame	not used	reconstrúyale, reconstrúyase	reconstrúyanos	not used	reconstrúyales
	accusative	reconstrúyame	not used	reconstrúyalo, reconstrúyala, reconstrúyase	reconstrúyanos	not used	reconstrúyalos, reconstrúyalas
with first-person plural imperative reconstruyamos	dative	not used	reconstruyámoste	reconstruyámosle	reconstruyámonos	reconstruyámoos	reconstruyámosles
	accusative	not used	reconstruyámoste	reconstruyámoslo, reconstruyámosla	reconstruyámonos	reconstruyámoos	reconstruyámoslos, reconstruyámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative reconstruid	dative	reconstruidme	not used	reconstruidle	reconstruidnos	reconstruíos	reconstruidles
	accusative	reconstruidme	not used	reconstruidlo, reconstruidla	reconstruidnos	reconstruíos	reconstruidlos, reconstruidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative reconstruyan	dative	reconstrúyanme	not used	reconstrúyanle	reconstrúyannos	not used	reconstrúyanles, reconstrúyanse
	accusative	reconstrúyanme	not used	reconstrúyanlo, reconstrúyanla	reconstrúyannos	not used	reconstrúyanlos, reconstrúyanlas, reconstrúyanse

Further reading

• “reconstruir”, 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