repescar

Spanish

Etymology

From re- +‎ pescar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /repesˈkaɾ/ [re.pesˈkaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: re‧pes‧car

Verb

repescar (first-person singular present repesco, first-person singular preterite repesqué, past participle repescado)

(transitive, colloquial) to give a second chance to

Conjugation

Conjugation of repescar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			repescar
gerund			repescando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		repescado		repescada
		plural		repescados		repescadas
		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	repesco	repescas^{^tú} repescás^{^vos}	repesca	repescamos	repescáis	repescan
	imperfect	repescaba	repescabas	repescaba	repescábamos	repescabais	repescaban
	preterite	repesqué	repescaste	repescó	repescamos	repescasteis	repescaron
	future	repescaré	repescarás	repescará	repescaremos	repescaréis	repescarán
	conditional	repescaría	repescarías	repescaría	repescaríamos	repescaríais	repescarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	repesque	repesques^{^tú} repesqués^{^vos²}	repesque	repesquemos	repesquéis	repesquen
	imperfect (ra)	repescara	repescaras	repescara	repescáramos	repescarais	repescaran
	imperfect (se)	repescase	repescases	repescase	repescásemos	repescaseis	repescasen
	future¹	repescare	repescares	repescare	repescáremos	repescareis	repescaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		repesca^{^tú} repescá^{^vos}	repesque	repesquemos	repescad	repesquen
	negative		no repesques	no repesque	no repesquemos	no repesquéis	no repesquen

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

Selected combined forms of repescar (c-qu 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 repescar	dative	repescarme	repescarte	repescarle, repescarse	repescarnos	repescaros	repescarles, repescarse
with infinitive repescar	accusative	repescarme	repescarte	repescarlo, repescarla, repescarse	repescarnos	repescaros	repescarlos, repescarlas, repescarse

with gerund repescando	dative	repescándome	repescándote	repescándole, repescándose	repescándonos	repescándoos	repescándoles, repescándose
with gerund repescando	accusative	repescándome	repescándote	repescándolo, repescándola, repescándose	repescándonos	repescándoos	repescándolos, repescándolas, repescándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative repesca	dative	repéscame	repéscate	repéscale	repéscanos	not used	repéscales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative repesca	accusative	repéscame	repéscate	repéscalo, repéscala	repéscanos	not used	repéscalos, repéscalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative repescá	dative	repescame	repescate	repescale	repescanos	not used	repescales
	accusative	repescame	repescate	repescalo, repescala	repescanos	not used	repescalos, repescalas

with formal second-person singular imperative repesque	dative	repésqueme	not used	repésquele, repésquese	repésquenos	not used	repésqueles
with formal second-person singular imperative repesque	accusative	repésqueme	not used	repésquelo, repésquela, repésquese	repésquenos	not used	repésquelos, repésquelas

with first-person plural imperative repesquemos	dative	not used	repesquémoste	repesquémosle	repesquémonos	repesquémoos	repesquémosles
with first-person plural imperative repesquemos	accusative	not used	repesquémoste	repesquémoslo, repesquémosla	repesquémonos	repesquémoos	repesquémoslos, repesquémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative repescad	dative	repescadme	not used	repescadle	repescadnos	repescaos	repescadles
with informal second-person plural imperative repescad	accusative	repescadme	not used	repescadlo, repescadla	repescadnos	repescaos	repescadlos, repescadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative repesquen	dative	repésquenme	not used	repésquenle	repésquennos	not used	repésquenles, repésquense
with formal second-person plural imperative repesquen	accusative	repésquenme	not used	repésquenlo, repésquenla	repésquennos	not used	repésquenlos, repésquenlas, repésquense

Derived terms

repesca