reciprocar
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin reciprocāre. By surface analysis, recíproco (“reciprocal, mutual”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.si.pɾoˈka(ʁ)/ [he.si.pɾoˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁe.si.pɾoˈka(ɾ)/ [he.si.pɾoˈka(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.si.pɾoˈka(ʁ)/ [χe.si.pɾoˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.si.pɾoˈka(ɻ)/ [he.si.pɾoˈka(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.si.pɾuˈkaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.si.pɾuˈka.ɾi/
Verb
reciprocar (first-person singular present reciproco, first-person singular preterite reciproquei, past participle reciprocado)
- to reciprocate (all senses)
Conjugation
Conjugation of reciprocar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | reciprocar | |||||
Personal | reciprocar | reciprocares | reciprocar | reciprocarmos | reciprocardes | reciprocarem |
Gerund | ||||||
reciprocando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | reciprocado | reciprocados | ||||
Feminine | reciprocada | reciprocadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | reciproco | reciprocas | reciproca | reciprocamos | reciprocais | reciprocam |
Imperfect | reciprocava | reciprocavas | reciprocava | reciprocávamos | reciprocáveis | reciprocavam |
Preterite | reciproquei | reciprocaste | reciprocou | reciprocamos1, reciprocámos2 | reciprocastes | reciprocaram |
Pluperfect | reciprocara | reciprocaras | reciprocara | reciprocáramos | reciprocáreis | reciprocaram |
Future | reciprocarei | reciprocarás | reciprocará | reciprocaremos | reciprocareis | reciprocarão |
Conditional | reciprocaria | reciprocarias | reciprocaria | reciprocaríamos | reciprocaríeis | reciprocariam |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | reciproque | reciproques | reciproque | reciproquemos | reciproqueis | reciproquem |
Imperfect | reciprocasse | reciprocasses | reciprocasse | reciprocássemos | reciprocásseis | reciprocassem |
Future | reciprocar | reciprocares | reciprocar | reciprocarmos | reciprocardes | reciprocarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | reciproca | reciproque | reciproquemos | reciprocai | reciproquem | |
Negative (não) | não reciproques | não reciproque | não reciproquemos | não reciproqueis | não reciproquem |
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
- reciprocação
Further reading
- “reciprocar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “reciprocar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
- “reciprocar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “reciprocar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “reciprocar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin reciprocāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reθipɾoˈkaɾ/ [re.θi.pɾoˈkaɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /resipɾoˈkaɾ/ [re.si.pɾoˈkaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: re‧ci‧pro‧car
Verb
reciprocar (first-person singular present reciproco, first-person singular preterite reciproqué, past participle reciprocado)
- (transitive) to reciprocate
Conjugation
Conjugation of reciprocar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of reciprocar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive reciprocar | dative | reciprocarme | reciprocarte | reciprocarle, reciprocarse | reciprocarnos | reciprocaros | reciprocarles, reciprocarse |
accusative | reciprocarme | reciprocarte | reciprocarlo, reciprocarla, reciprocarse | reciprocarnos | reciprocaros | reciprocarlos, reciprocarlas, reciprocarse | |
with gerund reciprocando | dative | reciprocándome | reciprocándote | reciprocándole, reciprocándose | reciprocándonos | reciprocándoos | reciprocándoles, reciprocándose |
accusative | reciprocándome | reciprocándote | reciprocándolo, reciprocándola, reciprocándose | reciprocándonos | reciprocándoos | reciprocándolos, reciprocándolas, reciprocándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative reciproca | dative | reciprócame | reciprócate | reciprócale | reciprócanos | not used | reciprócales |
accusative | reciprócame | reciprócate | reciprócalo, reciprócala | reciprócanos | not used | reciprócalos, reciprócalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative reciprocá | dative | reciprocame | reciprocate | reciprocale | reciprocanos | not used | reciprocales |
accusative | reciprocame | reciprocate | reciprocalo, reciprocala | reciprocanos | not used | reciprocalos, reciprocalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative reciproque | dative | recipróqueme | not used | recipróquele, recipróquese | recipróquenos | not used | recipróqueles |
accusative | recipróqueme | not used | recipróquelo, recipróquela, recipróquese | recipróquenos | not used | recipróquelos, recipróquelas | |
with first-person plural imperative reciproquemos | dative | not used | reciproquémoste | reciproquémosle | reciproquémonos | reciproquémoos | reciproquémosles |
accusative | not used | reciproquémoste | reciproquémoslo, reciproquémosla | reciproquémonos | reciproquémoos | reciproquémoslos, reciproquémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative reciprocad | dative | reciprocadme | not used | reciprocadle | reciprocadnos | reciprocaos | reciprocadles |
accusative | reciprocadme | not used | reciprocadlo, reciprocadla | reciprocadnos | reciprocaos | reciprocadlos, reciprocadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative reciproquen | dative | recipróquenme | not used | recipróquenle | recipróquennos | not used | recipróquenles, recipróquense |
accusative | recipróquenme | not used | recipróquenlo, recipróquenla | recipróquennos | not used | recipróquenlos, recipróquenlas, recipróquense |
Related terms
- reciprocación
- recíproco
Further reading
- “reciprocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024