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English
Noun
reclama (plural reclamas)
- (US, military) A request made to the authority to reconsider its decision or action. It is normally sent through official channels, i.e. through the chain of command.
- 2006. Rex Geveden. Written NASA memo:
- Subject: DAWN Cancellation Reclama
Verb
reclama (third-person singular simple present reclamas, present participle reclamaing, simple past and past participle reclamaed)
- To request that a decision be reconsidered.
References
- Reclama, DOD Dictionary of Military Terms, File retrieved Nov. 3, 2007.
Anagrams
Catalan
Verb
reclama
- inflection of reclamar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Italian
Verb
reclama
- inflection of reclamare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
reclāmā
- second-person singular present active imperative of reclāmō
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mɐ
- Hyphenation: re‧cla‧ma
Verb
reclama
- inflection of reclamar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French réclamer. First attested in the 1830s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re.klaˈma/
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: re‧cla‧ma
Verb
a reclama (third-person singular present reclamă or (dated) reclamează, past participle reclamat) 1st conjugation
- (transitive, formerly intransitive) to report someone (notify an authority of one’s misconduct)
2023, Laura Bălan, transl., The Beatles: O istorie, Bucharest: Nemira, translation of One Two Three Four: the Beatles in Time by Craig Brown, →ISBN:Ca să se răzbune, bătăușul Koschminder l-a reclamat pe George la poliție că nu avea vârsta legală și a fost deportat fără întârziere.- To get revenge, Koschminder the bully reported George to the police for being underage, and he was deported without delay.
- (transitive, medicine) to report (symptoms, pain etc.)
- Synonym: acuza
- (transitive, formal, also law) to demand, claim
- Synonyms: cere, pretinde, revendica
- a îi reclama atenția ― to claim someone’s attention
1940, Liviu Rebreanu, Amândoi [Both], Bucharest: Socec, page 73:Sora a început atunci să-și reclame partea de moștenire, dându-și seama că a fost frustrată.- The sister then began to demand her share of the inheritance, realising that she had been cheated.
- (transitive, formal, by extension) to necessitate
- Synonyms: cere, impune, necesita, presupune
1989 February 8, V. Rodin, “Императиве ши реалитэць [Imperative și realități, Imperatives and realities]”, in Молдова Сочиалистэ [Moldova Socialistă, Socialist Moldova], number 17042, Chișinău, page 2:Периоада де трансформэрь револуционаре рекламэ модификэрь атыт ын домениул економией, кыт ши ын сфера идеолоӂикэ.- Perioada de transformări revoluționare reclamă modificări atât în domeniul economiei, cât și în sfera ideologică.
- The period of revolutionary transformations necessitates changes not only in the field of economy, but in the ideological sphere as well.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reˈkla.ma/
- Rhymes: -ama
- Hyphenation: re‧cla‧ma
Noun
reclama
- nominative/accusative definite singular of reclamă (“advertisement”)
Further reading
Spanish
Verb
reclama
- inflection of reclamar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative