recordar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin recordārī.

Verb

recordar (first-person singular indicative present recordo, past participle recordáu)

1. to remember (to recall from one's memory)

   Synonym: acordar

Conjugation

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin recordārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

recordar (first-person singular present recordo, first-person singular preterite recordí, past participle recordat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to remember, to recollect, to recall (someone or something)

   No recordo com es diu.

   I don't remember what it's called.

2. (transitive) to remind, to be reminiscent of

   Em recordeu al vostre germà.

   You remind me of your brother.

3. (transitive) to remind (someone, of something)
4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to remember or

Conjugation

Synonyms

• rememorar

Related terms

• record

References

• “recordar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “recordar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “recordar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “recordar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin recordārī.

Verb

recordar (first-person singular present recordo, first-person singular preterite recordei, past participle recordado)

1. to remember, recall, recollect

   Synonyms: acordar, lembrar

2. to remind

   Synonym: lembrar

3. to wake up
4. (reflexive) to remember (to recall from one’s memory)

   Synonyms: acordarse, lembrarse

Conjugation

Related terms

• recordación

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin recordārī.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: re‧cor‧dar

Verb

recordar (first-person singular present recordo, first-person singular preterite recordei, past participle recordado)

1. to remember, recall, recollect

   Synonym: lembrar

2. to remind
3. (reflexive) to remember (to recall from one’s memory)

   Synonym: lembrar-se

Usage notes

recordar and lembrar are similar to the English pair recall and remember: recordar cannot always be used as a synonym for lembrar / remember. For instance when lembrar is used in the sense of "not forget to (do something)". recordar also often implies a more intense or nostalgic reliving of past memories than lembrar.

Conjugation

Related terms

• recordação

References

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin recordārī. Cognate with English record although a false friend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rekoɾˈdaɾ/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧cor‧dar

Verb

recordar (first-person singular present recuerdo, first-person singular preterite recordé, past participle recordado)

1. (transitive) to remember, to recollect

   Synonym: acordarse de

   Antonym: olvidar

   ¿Recuerdas a aquella mujer que no dejaba de tocar las ventanas, aunque se lo pedimos repetidamente?

   Do you remember that woman who wouldn't stop touching the windows, even though we kept asking her ?

2. (transitive) to recall, remind of

   El cuadro recuerda nuestra fragilidad.

   The painting reminds us of our fragility.

   • 2017 July 11, “Katherine Haringhton, la última mastodonta (BIS)”, in El Nacional‎:

     Lo sé, lo sé…, no tienen por qué recordármelo, esa despiadada tara que arrastro desde la infancia y que me empuja -sin razón ni motivo aparente- a puyar a los cerditos para verlos chillar fastidiados y quejosos, se repite y repite en mis artículos.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (intransitive, New Mexico) to wake up

   Synonym: despertarse

   ¿A qué hora recuerdas?

   What time do you wake up?

4. (transitive, New Mexico) to wake up

   Synonym: despertar

   Recuérdame a las cinco.

   Wake me up at five.

Usage notes

• Recordar is a false friend, and does not mean record. The Spanish word for record is grabar.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

• “recordar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “recordar” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN