reclamar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin reclāmāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.kləˈma]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [re.klaˈmaɾ]
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
- Hyphenation: re‧cla‧mar
Verb
reclamar (first-person singular present reclamo, first-person singular preterite reclamí, past participle reclamat)
- (transitive) to claim
- (transitive) to demand
- (transitive) to call (a bird)
- (intransitive) to protest
Conjugation
Conjugation of reclamar (first conjugation)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “reclamar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin reclāmāre.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.klaˈma(ʁ)/ [he.klaˈma(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁe.klaˈma(ɾ)/ [he.klaˈma(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.klaˈma(ʁ)/ [χe.klaˈma(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.klaˈma(ɻ)/ [he.klaˈma(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.klɐˈmaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.klɐˈma.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: re‧cla‧mar
Verb
reclamar (first-person singular present reclamo, first-person singular preterite reclamei, past participle reclamado)
- to complain
- 2023, Djalma do Nascimento Sousa, chapter V, in Memórias do Sul do Maranhão, Maranhão, page 106:
- Reclamar por algo errado para o pobre é uma ofensa grave, pois não quer mudar, porque já criou o seu universo mundano […]
- Complaining about something being wrong for the poor is a serious offense, because they don't want to change, because they've already created their worldly universe […] .
- to claim
Conjugation
Conjugation of reclamar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:reclamar.
Related terms
Further reading
- “reclamar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
- “reclamar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin reclāmāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reklaˈmaɾ/ [re.klaˈmaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: re‧cla‧mar
Verb
reclamar (first-person singular present reclamo, first-person singular preterite reclamé, past participle reclamado)
- to reclaim, to recover possession of
- to claim, to ask for, to demand
- to lure (with a decoy or whistle while hunting)
- to look for (a criminal), to summon (a witness)
- to protest, to complain, to object, to clamor, to reclaim
- (poetic) to resound
- (nautical) to hoist taut
Conjugation
Conjugation of reclamar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of reclamar
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 reclamar | dative | reclamarme | reclamarte | reclamarle, reclamarse | reclamarnos | reclamaros | reclamarles, reclamarse |
| accusative | reclamarme | reclamarte | reclamarlo, reclamarla, reclamarse | reclamarnos | reclamaros | reclamarlos, reclamarlas, reclamarse | |
| with gerund reclamando | dative | reclamándome | reclamándote | reclamándole, reclamándose | reclamándonos | reclamándoos | reclamándoles, reclamándose |
| accusative | reclamándome | reclamándote | reclamándolo, reclamándola, reclamándose | reclamándonos | reclamándoos | reclamándolos, reclamándolas, reclamándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative reclama | dative | reclámame | reclámate | reclámale | reclámanos | not used | reclámales |
| accusative | reclámame | reclámate | reclámalo, reclámala | reclámanos | not used | reclámalos, reclámalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative reclamá | dative | reclamame | reclamate | reclamale | reclamanos | not used | reclamales |
| accusative | reclamame | reclamate | reclamalo, reclamala | reclamanos | not used | reclamalos, reclamalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative reclame | dative | reclámeme | not used | reclámele, reclámese | reclámenos | not used | reclámeles |
| accusative | reclámeme | not used | reclámelo, reclámela, reclámese | reclámenos | not used | reclámelos, reclámelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative reclamemos | dative | not used | reclamémoste | reclamémosle | reclamémonos | reclamémoos | reclamémosles |
| accusative | not used | reclamémoste | reclamémoslo, reclamémosla | reclamémonos | reclamémoos | reclamémoslos, reclamémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative reclamad | dative | reclamadme | not used | reclamadle | reclamadnos | reclamaos | reclamadles |
| accusative | reclamadme | not used | reclamadlo, reclamadla | reclamadnos | reclamaos | reclamadlos, reclamadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative reclamen | dative | reclámenme | not used | reclámenle | reclámennos | not used | reclámenles, reclámense |
| accusative | reclámenme | not used | reclámenlo, reclámenla | reclámennos | not used | reclámenlos, reclámenlas, reclámense | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “reclamar”, 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