reforzar

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Galician

Etymology

From re- +‎ forzar.

Verb

reforzar (first-person singular present reforzo, first-person singular preterite reforcei, past participle reforzado)

  1. to reinforce
  2. to strengthen

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reforzar (c-z alternation)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti) 		Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal reforzar
Personal reforzar reforzares reforzar reforzarmos reforzardes reforzaren
Gerund
reforzando
Past participle
Masculine reforzado reforzados
Feminine reforzada reforzadas
Indicative
Present reforzo reforzas reforza reforzamos reforzades reforzan
Imperfect reforzaba reforzabas reforzaba reforzabamos reforzabades reforzaban
Preterite reforcei reforzaches reforzou reforzamos reforzastes reforzaron
Pluperfect reforzara reforzaras reforzara reforzaramos reforzarades reforzaran
Future reforzarei reforzarás reforzará reforzaremos reforzaredes reforzarán
Conditional reforzaría reforzarías reforzaría reforzariamos reforzariades reforzarían
Subjunctive
Present reforce reforces reforce reforcemos reforcedes reforcen
Imperfect reforzase reforzases reforzase reforzásemos reforzásedes reforzasen
Future reforzar reforzares reforzar reforzarmos reforzardes reforzaren
Imperative
Affirmative reforza reforce reforcemos reforzade reforcen
Negative (non) non reforces non reforce non reforcemos non reforcedes non reforcen

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Spanish

Etymology

From re- +‎ forzar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /refoɾˈθaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /refoɾˈsaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: re‧for‧zar

Verb

reforzar (first-person singular present refuerzo, first-person singular preterite reforcé, past participle reforzado)

  1. to reinforce, to bolster, to buttress
  2. to strengthen, to increase, to beef up (the level, strength, amount of)
  3. to tighten, to tighten up (e.g. security, regulations)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reforzar (o-ue alternation; c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive reforzar
gerund reforzando
past participle masculine feminine
singular reforzado reforzada
plural reforzados reforzadas
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 refuerzo refuerzastú
reforzásvos 		refuerza reforzamos reforzáis refuerzan
imperfect reforzaba reforzabas reforzaba reforzábamos reforzabais reforzaban
preterite reforcé reforzaste reforzó reforzamos reforzasteis reforzaron
future reforzaré reforzarás reforzará reforzaremos reforzaréis reforzarán
conditional reforzaría reforzarías reforzaría reforzaríamos reforzaríais reforzarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present refuerce refuercestú
reforcésvos2 		refuerce reforcemos reforcéis refuercen
imperfect
(ra) 		reforzara reforzaras reforzara reforzáramos reforzarais reforzaran
imperfect
(se) 		reforzase reforzases reforzase reforzásemos reforzaseis reforzasen
future1 reforzare reforzares reforzare reforzáremos reforzareis reforzaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative refuerzatú
reforzávos 		refuerce reforcemos reforzad refuercen
negative no refuerces no refuerce no reforcemos no reforcéis no refuercen

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

    Selected combined forms of reforzar (o-ue alternation; c-z 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 reforzar
dative reforzarme reforzarte reforzarle, reforzarse reforzarnos reforzaros reforzarles, reforzarse
accusative reforzarme reforzarte reforzarlo, reforzarla, reforzarse reforzarnos reforzaros reforzarlos, reforzarlas, reforzarse
with gerund reforzando
dative reforzándome reforzándote reforzándole, reforzándose reforzándonos reforzándoos reforzándoles, reforzándose
accusative reforzándome reforzándote reforzándolo, reforzándola, reforzándose reforzándonos reforzándoos reforzándolos, reforzándolas, reforzándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative refuerza
dative refuérzame refuérzate refuérzale refuérzanos not used refuérzales
accusative refuérzame refuérzate refuérzalo, refuérzala refuérzanos not used refuérzalos, refuérzalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative reforzá
dative reforzame reforzate reforzale reforzanos not used reforzales
accusative reforzame reforzate reforzalo, reforzala reforzanos not used reforzalos, reforzalas
with formal second-person singular imperative refuerce
dative refuérceme not used refuércele, refuércese refuércenos not used refuérceles
accusative refuérceme not used refuércelo, refuércela, refuércese refuércenos not used refuércelos, refuércelas
with first-person plural imperative reforcemos
dative not used reforcémoste reforcémosle reforcémonos reforcémoos reforcémosles
accusative not used reforcémoste reforcémoslo, reforcémosla reforcémonos reforcémoos reforcémoslos, reforcémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative reforzad
dative reforzadme not used reforzadle reforzadnos reforzaos reforzadles
accusative reforzadme not used reforzadlo, reforzadla reforzadnos reforzaos reforzadlos, reforzadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative refuercen
dative refuércenme not used refuércenle refuércennos not used refuércenles, refuércense
accusative refuércenme not used refuércenlo, refuércenla refuércennos not used refuércenlos, refuércenlas, refuércense

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