recabar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rekaˈbaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: re‧ca‧bar

Verb

recabar (first-person singular present recabo, first-person singular preterite recabé, past participle recabado)

  1. to gather, safeguard, collect
  2. to collect, gather (data/information)
    recabar fondos
    raise funds
  3. to lobby, petition

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recabar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive recabar
gerund recabando
past participle masculine feminine
singular recabado recabada
plural recabados recabadas
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 recabo recabastú
recabásvos 		recaba recabamos recabáis recaban
imperfect recababa recababas recababa recabábamos recababais recababan
preterite recabé recabaste recabó recabamos recabasteis recabaron
future recabaré recabarás recabará recabaremos recabaréis recabarán
conditional recabaría recabarías recabaría recabaríamos recabaríais recabarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present recabe recabestú
recabésvos2 		recabe recabemos recabéis recaben
imperfect
(ra) 		recabara recabaras recabara recabáramos recabarais recabaran
imperfect
(se) 		recabase recabases recabase recabásemos recabaseis recabasen
future1 recabare recabares recabare recabáremos recabareis recabaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative recabatú
recabávos 		recabe recabemos recabad recaben
negative no recabes no recabe no recabemos no recabéis no recaben

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

    Selected combined forms of recabar

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 recabar
dative recabarme recabarte recabarle, recabarse recabarnos recabaros recabarles, recabarse
accusative recabarme recabarte recabarlo, recabarla, recabarse recabarnos recabaros recabarlos, recabarlas, recabarse
with gerund recabando
dative recabándome recabándote recabándole, recabándose recabándonos recabándoos recabándoles, recabándose
accusative recabándome recabándote recabándolo, recabándola, recabándose recabándonos recabándoos recabándolos, recabándolas, recabándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative recaba
dative recábame recábate recábale recábanos not used recábales
accusative recábame recábate recábalo, recábala recábanos not used recábalos, recábalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative recabá
dative recabame recabate recabale recabanos not used recabales
accusative recabame recabate recabalo, recabala recabanos not used recabalos, recabalas
with formal second-person singular imperative recabe
dative recábeme not used recábele, recábese recábenos not used recábeles
accusative recábeme not used recábelo, recábela, recábese recábenos not used recábelos, recábelas
with first-person plural imperative recabemos
dative not used recabémoste recabémosle recabémonos recabémoos recabémosles
accusative not used recabémoste recabémoslo, recabémosla recabémonos recabémoos recabémoslos, recabémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative recabad
dative recabadme not used recabadle recabadnos recabaos recabadles
accusative recabadme not used recabadlo, recabadla recabadnos recabaos recabadlos, recabadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative recaben
dative recábenme not used recábenle recábennos not used recábenles, recábense
accusative recábenme not used recábenlo, recábenla recábennos not used recábenlos, recábenlas, recábense

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