requintar

Portuguese

Etymology

From re- +‎ quintar.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kĩˈta(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kĩˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kĩˈta(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kĩˈta(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kĩˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kĩˈta.ɾi/

Hyphenation: re‧quin‧tar

Verb

requintar (first-person singular present requinto, first-person singular preterite requintei, past participle requintado)

(transitive) to refine; to perfect
Synonym: aprimorar

Conjugation

Conjugation of requintar (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	requintar
Personal	requintar	requintares	requintar	requintarmos	requintardes	requintarem
Gerund
	requintando
Past participle
Masculine	requintado			requintados
Feminine	requintada			requintadas
Indicative
Present	requinto	requintas	requinta	requintamos	requintais	requintam
Imperfect	requintava	requintavas	requintava	requintávamos	requintáveis	requintavam
Preterite	requintei	requintaste	requintou	requintamos¹, requintámos²	requintastes	requintaram
Pluperfect	requintara	requintaras	requintara	requintáramos	requintáreis	requintaram
Future	requintarei	requintarás	requintará	requintaremos	requintareis	requintarão
Conditional	requintaria	requintarias	requintaria	requintaríamos	requintaríeis	requintariam
Subjunctive
Present	requinte	requintes	requinte	requintemos	requinteis	requintem
Imperfect	requintasse	requintasses	requintasse	requintássemos	requintásseis	requintassem
Future	requintar	requintares	requintar	requintarmos	requintardes	requintarem
Imperative
Affirmative		requinta	requinte	requintemos	requintai	requintem
Negative (não)		não requintes	não requinte	não requintemos	não requinteis	não requintem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

Spanish

Verb

requintar (first-person singular present requinto, first-person singular preterite requinté, past participle requintado)

to outdo; to better
(music) to put the tuning up or down by five tones
(Peru, Bolivia) to insult; hurl abuse (at)
- 2017 July, “El atrevimiento de Marco Peredo”, in El Deber Bolivia‎:
  Los clubes requintaban contra el presidente, pero ellos lo elegían y reelegían comprados y serviles.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of requintar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			requintar
gerund			requintando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		requintado		requintada
		plural		requintados		requintadas
		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	requinto	requintas^{^tú} requintás^{^vos}	requinta	requintamos	requintáis	requintan
	imperfect	requintaba	requintabas	requintaba	requintábamos	requintabais	requintaban
	preterite	requinté	requintaste	requintó	requintamos	requintasteis	requintaron
	future	requintaré	requintarás	requintará	requintaremos	requintaréis	requintarán
	conditional	requintaría	requintarías	requintaría	requintaríamos	requintaríais	requintarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	requinte	requintes^{^tú} requintés^{^vos²}	requinte	requintemos	requintéis	requinten
	imperfect (ra)	requintara	requintaras	requintara	requintáramos	requintarais	requintaran
	imperfect (se)	requintase	requintases	requintase	requintásemos	requintaseis	requintasen
	future¹	requintare	requintares	requintare	requintáremos	requintareis	requintaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		requinta^{^tú} requintá^{^vos}	requinte	requintemos	requintad	requinten
	negative		no requintes	no requinte	no requintemos	no requintéis	no requinten

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

Selected combined forms of requintar

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 requintar	dative	requintarme	requintarte	requintarle, requintarse	requintarnos	requintaros	requintarles, requintarse
with infinitive requintar	accusative	requintarme	requintarte	requintarlo, requintarla, requintarse	requintarnos	requintaros	requintarlos, requintarlas, requintarse

with gerund requintando	dative	requintándome	requintándote	requintándole, requintándose	requintándonos	requintándoos	requintándoles, requintándose
with gerund requintando	accusative	requintándome	requintándote	requintándolo, requintándola, requintándose	requintándonos	requintándoos	requintándolos, requintándolas, requintándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative requinta	dative	requíntame	requíntate	requíntale	requíntanos	not used	requíntales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative requinta	accusative	requíntame	requíntate	requíntalo, requíntala	requíntanos	not used	requíntalos, requíntalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative requintá	dative	requintame	requintate	requintale	requintanos	not used	requintales
	accusative	requintame	requintate	requintalo, requintala	requintanos	not used	requintalos, requintalas

with formal second-person singular imperative requinte	dative	requínteme	not used	requíntele, requíntese	requíntenos	not used	requínteles
with formal second-person singular imperative requinte	accusative	requínteme	not used	requíntelo, requíntela, requíntese	requíntenos	not used	requíntelos, requíntelas

with first-person plural imperative requintemos	dative	not used	requintémoste	requintémosle	requintémonos	requintémoos	requintémosles
with first-person plural imperative requintemos	accusative	not used	requintémoste	requintémoslo, requintémosla	requintémonos	requintémoos	requintémoslos, requintémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative requintad	dative	requintadme	not used	requintadle	requintadnos	requintaos	requintadles
with informal second-person plural imperative requintad	accusative	requintadme	not used	requintadlo, requintadla	requintadnos	requintaos	requintadlos, requintadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative requinten	dative	requíntenme	not used	requíntenle	requíntennos	not used	requíntenles, requíntense
with formal second-person plural imperative requinten	accusative	requíntenme	not used	requíntenlo, requíntenla	requíntennos	not used	requíntenlos, requíntenlas, requíntense

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