recular

Catalan

Etymology

From cul or from French reculer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.kuˈlaɾ]

Verb

recular (first-person singular present reculo, first-person singular preterite reculí, past participle reculat)

1. to back up; to move backwards
2. to turn around, to go back
3. (figuratively) to back down
4. to postpone

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recular (first conjugation)

infinitive			recular
gerund			reculant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		reculat		reculada
		plural		reculats		reculades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	reculo	recules	recula	reculem	reculeu	reculen
	imperfect	reculava	reculaves	reculava	reculàvem	reculàveu	reculaven
	future	recularé	recularàs	recularà	recularem	reculareu	recularan
	preterite	reculí	reculares	reculà	reculàrem	reculàreu	recularen
	conditional	recularia	recularies	recularia	recularíem	recularíeu	recularien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	reculi	reculis	reculi	reculem	reculeu	reculin
	imperfect	reculés	reculessis	reculés	reculéssim	reculéssiu	reculessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	recula	reculi	reculem	reculeu	reculin
	negative (no)	—	no reculis	no reculi	no reculem	no reculeu	no reculin

Further reading

• “recular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rekuˈlaɾ/ [re.kuˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧cu‧lar

Verb

recular (first-person singular present reculo, first-person singular preterite reculé, past participle reculado)

1. to go back, move backwards, reverse
2. to back out, back down

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			recular
gerund			reculando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		reculado		reculada
		plural		reculados		reculadas
		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	reculo	reculastú reculásvos	recula	reculamos	reculáis	reculan
	imperfect	reculaba	reculabas	reculaba	reculábamos	reculabais	reculaban
	preterite	reculé	reculaste	reculó	reculamos	reculasteis	recularon
	future	recularé	recularás	reculará	recularemos	recularéis	recularán
	conditional	recularía	recularías	recularía	recularíamos	recularíais	recularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	recule	reculestú reculésvos2	recule	reculemos	reculéis	reculen
	imperfect (ra)	reculara	recularas	reculara	reculáramos	recularais	recularan
	imperfect (se)	reculase	reculases	reculase	reculásemos	reculaseis	reculasen
	future1	reculare	reculares	reculare	reculáremos	reculareis	recularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		reculatú reculávos	recule	reculemos	reculad	reculen
	negative		no recules	no recule	no reculemos	no reculéis	no reculen

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

Derived terms

• reculada

 

Further reading

• “recular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014