refletir
Galician
Verb
refletir (first-person singular present reflito, third-person singular present reflete, first-person singular preterite refletim or refleti, past participle refletido, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of reflectir
Conjugation
Reintegrated conjugation of refletir (i-e alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Further reading
- “refletir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin reflectere.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.fleˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [he.fleˈt͡ʃi(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁe.fleˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/ [he.fleˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.fleˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [χe.fleˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.fleˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/ [he.fleˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.flɛˈtiɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.flɛˈti.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: re‧fle‧tir
Verb
refletir (first-person singular present reflito, third-person singular present reflete, first-person singular preterite refleti, past participle refletido)
- (transitive) to mirror
- (transitive) to reflect
- (ambitransitive) to ponder, meditate
- (transitive, figurative) to express, show (communicate an idea)
Conjugation
Conjugation of refletir (i-e alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Related terms
Further reading
- “refletir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “refletir”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “reflectir” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “refletir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “reflectir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025