recrudecer

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recrudescere. Equivalent to re- +‎ crudo +‎ -ecer. Compare Portuguese recrudescer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /rekɾudeˈθeɾ/ [re.kɾu.ð̞eˈθeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /rekɾudeˈseɾ/ [re.kɾu.ð̞eˈseɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: re‧cru‧de‧cer

Verb

recrudecer (first-person singular present recrudezco, first-person singular preterite recrudecí, past participle recrudecido)

1. (intransitive) to deteriorate anew; to recrudesce

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recrudecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			recrudecer
gerund			recrudeciendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		recrudecido		recrudecida
		plural		recrudecidos		recrudecidas
		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	recrudezco	recrudecestú recrudecésvos	recrudece	recrudecemos	recrudecéis	recrudecen
	imperfect	recrudecía	recrudecías	recrudecía	recrudecíamos	recrudecíais	recrudecían
	preterite	recrudecí	recrudeciste	recrudeció	recrudecimos	recrudecisteis	recrudecieron
	future	recrudeceré	recrudecerás	recrudecerá	recrudeceremos	recrudeceréis	recrudecerán
	conditional	recrudecería	recrudecerías	recrudecería	recrudeceríamos	recrudeceríais	recrudecerían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	recrudezca	recrudezcastú recrudezcásvos2	recrudezca	recrudezcamos	recrudezcáis	recrudezcan
	imperfect (ra)	recrudeciera	recrudecieras	recrudeciera	recrudeciéramos	recrudecierais	recrudecieran
	imperfect (se)	recrudeciese	recrudecieses	recrudeciese	recrudeciésemos	recrudecieseis	recrudeciesen
	future1	recrudeciere	recrudecieres	recrudeciere	recrudeciéremos	recrudeciereis	recrudecieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		recrudecetú recrudecévos	recrudezca	recrudezcamos	recrudeced	recrudezcan
	negative		no recrudezcas	no recrudezca	no recrudezcamos	no recrudezcáis	no recrudezcan

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

    Selected combined forms of recrudecer (c-zc alternation)

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 recrudecer
	dative	recrudecerme	recrudecerte	recrudecerle, recrudecerse	recrudecernos	recrudeceros	recrudecerles, recrudecerse
	accusative	recrudecerme	recrudecerte	recrudecerlo, recrudecerla, recrudecerse	recrudecernos	recrudeceros	recrudecerlos, recrudecerlas, recrudecerse
with gerund recrudeciendo
	dative	recrudeciéndome	recrudeciéndote	recrudeciéndole, recrudeciéndose	recrudeciéndonos	recrudeciéndoos	recrudeciéndoles, recrudeciéndose
	accusative	recrudeciéndome	recrudeciéndote	recrudeciéndolo, recrudeciéndola, recrudeciéndose	recrudeciéndonos	recrudeciéndoos	recrudeciéndolos, recrudeciéndolas, recrudeciéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative recrudece
	dative	recrudéceme	recrudécete	recrudécele	recrudécenos	not used	recrudéceles
	accusative	recrudéceme	recrudécete	recrudécelo, recrudécela	recrudécenos	not used	recrudécelos, recrudécelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative recrudecé
	dative	recrudeceme	recrudecete	recrudecele	recrudecenos	not used	recrudeceles
	accusative	recrudeceme	recrudecete	recrudecelo, recrudecela	recrudecenos	not used	recrudecelos, recrudecelas
with formal second-person singular imperative recrudezca
	dative	recrudézcame	not used	recrudézcale, recrudézcase	recrudézcanos	not used	recrudézcales
	accusative	recrudézcame	not used	recrudézcalo, recrudézcala, recrudézcase	recrudézcanos	not used	recrudézcalos, recrudézcalas
with first-person plural imperative recrudezcamos
	dative	not used	recrudezcámoste	recrudezcámosle	recrudezcámonos	recrudezcámoos	recrudezcámosles
	accusative	not used	recrudezcámoste	recrudezcámoslo, recrudezcámosla	recrudezcámonos	recrudezcámoos	recrudezcámoslos, recrudezcámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative recrudeced
	dative	recrudecedme	not used	recrudecedle	recrudecednos	recrudeceos	recrudecedles
	accusative	recrudecedme	not used	recrudecedlo, recrudecedla	recrudecednos	recrudeceos	recrudecedlos, recrudecedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative recrudezcan
	dative	recrudézcanme	not used	recrudézcanle	recrudézcannos	not used	recrudézcanles, recrudézcanse
	accusative	recrudézcanme	not used	recrudézcanlo, recrudézcanla	recrudézcannos	not used	recrudézcanlos, recrudézcanlas, recrudézcanse

Derived terms

• recrudecimiento

 

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “crudo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 252

Further reading

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