rebuscar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From re- +‎ buscar.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: re‧bus‧car

Verb

rebuscar (first-person singular present rebusco, first-person singular preterite rebusquei, past participle rebuscado)

  1. to rummage
  2. to glean

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rebuscar (c-qu alternation) (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 rebuscar
Personal rebuscar rebuscares rebuscar rebuscarmos rebuscardes rebuscarem
Gerund
rebuscando
Past participle
Masculine rebuscado rebuscados
Feminine rebuscada rebuscadas
Indicative
Present rebusco rebuscas rebusca rebuscamos rebuscais rebuscam
Imperfect rebuscava rebuscavas rebuscava rebuscávamos rebuscáveis rebuscavam
Preterite rebusquei rebuscaste rebuscou rebuscamos1, rebuscámos2 rebuscastes rebuscaram
Pluperfect rebuscara rebuscaras rebuscara rebuscáramos rebuscáreis rebuscaram
Future rebuscarei rebuscarás rebuscará rebuscaremos rebuscareis rebuscarão
Conditional rebuscaria rebuscarias rebuscaria rebuscaríamos rebuscaríeis rebuscariam
Subjunctive
Present rebusque rebusques rebusque rebusquemos rebusqueis rebusquem
Imperfect rebuscasse rebuscasses rebuscasse rebuscássemos rebuscásseis rebuscassem
Future rebuscar rebuscares rebuscar rebuscarmos rebuscardes rebuscarem
Imperative
Affirmative rebusca rebusque rebusquemos rebuscai rebusquem
Negative (não) não rebusques não rebusque não rebusquemos não rebusqueis não rebusquem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From re- +‎ buscar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rebusˈkaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: re‧bus‧car

Verb

rebuscar (first-person singular present rebusco, first-person singular preterite rebusqué, past participle rebuscado)

  1. (transitive) to search, root, rummage, comb
  2. (transitive) to glean
  3. (transitive) to seek after

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rebuscar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive rebuscar
gerund rebuscando
past participle masculine feminine
singular rebuscado rebuscada
plural rebuscados rebuscadas
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 rebusco rebuscastú
rebuscásvos 		rebusca rebuscamos rebuscáis rebuscan
imperfect rebuscaba rebuscabas rebuscaba rebuscábamos rebuscabais rebuscaban
preterite rebusqué rebuscaste rebuscó rebuscamos rebuscasteis rebuscaron
future rebuscaré rebuscarás rebuscará rebuscaremos rebuscaréis rebuscarán
conditional rebuscaría rebuscarías rebuscaría rebuscaríamos rebuscaríais rebuscarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present rebusque rebusquestú
rebusquésvos2 		rebusque rebusquemos rebusquéis rebusquen
imperfect
(ra) 		rebuscara rebuscaras rebuscara rebuscáramos rebuscarais rebuscaran
imperfect
(se) 		rebuscase rebuscases rebuscase rebuscásemos rebuscaseis rebuscasen
future1 rebuscare rebuscares rebuscare rebuscáremos rebuscareis rebuscaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative rebuscatú
rebuscávos 		rebusque rebusquemos rebuscad rebusquen
negative no rebusques no rebusque no rebusquemos no rebusquéis no rebusquen

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

    Selected combined forms of rebuscar (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 rebuscar
dative rebuscarme rebuscarte rebuscarle, rebuscarse rebuscarnos rebuscaros rebuscarles, rebuscarse
accusative rebuscarme rebuscarte rebuscarlo, rebuscarla, rebuscarse rebuscarnos rebuscaros rebuscarlos, rebuscarlas, rebuscarse
with gerund rebuscando
dative rebuscándome rebuscándote rebuscándole, rebuscándose rebuscándonos rebuscándoos rebuscándoles, rebuscándose
accusative rebuscándome rebuscándote rebuscándolo, rebuscándola, rebuscándose rebuscándonos rebuscándoos rebuscándolos, rebuscándolas, rebuscándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative rebusca
dative rebúscame rebúscate rebúscale rebúscanos not used rebúscales
accusative rebúscame rebúscate rebúscalo, rebúscala rebúscanos not used rebúscalos, rebúscalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative rebuscá
dative rebuscame rebuscate rebuscale rebuscanos not used rebuscales
accusative rebuscame rebuscate rebuscalo, rebuscala rebuscanos not used rebuscalos, rebuscalas
with formal second-person singular imperative rebusque
dative rebúsqueme not used rebúsquele, rebúsquese rebúsquenos not used rebúsqueles
accusative rebúsqueme not used rebúsquelo, rebúsquela, rebúsquese rebúsquenos not used rebúsquelos, rebúsquelas
with first-person plural imperative rebusquemos
dative not used rebusquémoste rebusquémosle rebusquémonos rebusquémoos rebusquémosles
accusative not used rebusquémoste rebusquémoslo, rebusquémosla rebusquémonos rebusquémoos rebusquémoslos, rebusquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative rebuscad
dative rebuscadme not used rebuscadle rebuscadnos rebuscaos rebuscadles
accusative rebuscadme not used rebuscadlo, rebuscadla rebuscadnos rebuscaos rebuscadlos, rebuscadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative rebusquen
dative rebúsquenme not used rebúsquenle rebúsquennos not used rebúsquenles, rebúsquense
accusative rebúsquenme not used rebúsquenlo, rebúsquenla rebúsquennos not used rebúsquenlos, rebúsquenlas, rebúsquense

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