reclinar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reclīnāre (“to recline”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

reclinar (first-person singular present reclino, first-person singular preterite recliní, past participle reclinat)

1. (transitive) to recline, to lean [with sobre ‘on’]
2. (pronominal) to lean back

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reclinar (first conjugation)

infinitive			reclinar
gerund			reclinant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		reclinat		reclinada
		plural		reclinats		reclinades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	reclino	reclines	reclina	reclinem	reclineu	reclinen
	imperfect	reclinava	reclinaves	reclinava	reclinàvem	reclinàveu	reclinaven
	future	reclinaré	reclinaràs	reclinarà	reclinarem	reclinareu	reclinaran
	preterite	recliní	reclinares	reclinà	reclinàrem	reclinàreu	reclinaren
	conditional	reclinaria	reclinaries	reclinaria	reclinaríem	reclinaríeu	reclinarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	reclini	reclinis	reclini	reclinem	reclineu	reclinin
	imperfect	reclinés	reclinessis	reclinés	reclinéssim	reclinéssiu	reclinessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	reclina	reclini	reclinem	reclineu	reclinin
	negative (no)	—	no reclinis	no reclini	no reclinem	no reclineu	no reclinin

Related terms

• declinar
• inclinar
• reclinació
• reclinatori

 

Further reading

• “reclinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reclīnāre (“to recline”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kliˈna(ʁ)/ [he.kliˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kliˈna(ʁ)/ [he.kliˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kliˈna(ɾ)/ [he.kliˈna(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kliˈna(ʁ)/ [χe.kliˈna(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.kliˈna(ɻ)/ [he.kliˈna(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kliˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kliˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.kliˈna.ɾi/

Verb

reclinar (first-person singular present reclino, first-person singular preterite reclinei, past participle reclinado)

1. (transitive) to recline (cause to lean back)
2. (intransitive) to recline (lean back)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reclinar (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	reclinar
Personal	reclinar	reclinares	reclinar	reclinarmos	reclinardes	reclinarem
Gerund
	reclinando
Past participle
Masculine	reclinado			reclinados
Feminine	reclinada			reclinadas
Indicative
Present	reclino	reclinas	reclina	reclinamos	reclinais	reclinam
Imperfect	reclinava	reclinavas	reclinava	reclinávamos	reclináveis	reclinavam
Preterite	reclinei	reclinaste	reclinou	reclinamos1, reclinámos2	reclinastes	reclinaram
Pluperfect	reclinara	reclinaras	reclinara	reclináramos	reclináreis	reclinaram
Future	reclinarei	reclinarás	reclinará	reclinaremos	reclinareis	reclinarão
Conditional	reclinaria	reclinarias	reclinaria	reclinaríamos	reclinaríeis	reclinariam
Subjunctive
Present	recline	reclines	recline	reclinemos	reclineis	reclinem
Imperfect	reclinasse	reclinasses	reclinasse	reclinássemos	reclinásseis	reclinassem
Future	reclinar	reclinares	reclinar	reclinarmos	reclinardes	reclinarem
Imperative
Affirmative		reclina	recline	reclinemos	reclinai	reclinem
Negative (não)		não reclines	não recline	não reclinemos	não reclineis	não reclinem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• declinar
• inclinar

 

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reclīnāre (“to recline”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rekliˈnaɾ/ [re.kliˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧cli‧nar

Verb

reclinar (first-person singular present reclino, first-person singular preterite recliné, past participle reclinado)

1. to recline

   reclinar sobre ― recline on, rest on

2. to lean on

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reclinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			reclinar
gerund			reclinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		reclinado		reclinada
		plural		reclinados		reclinadas
		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	reclino	reclinastú reclinásvos	reclina	reclinamos	reclináis	reclinan
	imperfect	reclinaba	reclinabas	reclinaba	reclinábamos	reclinabais	reclinaban
	preterite	recliné	reclinaste	reclinó	reclinamos	reclinasteis	reclinaron
	future	reclinaré	reclinarás	reclinará	reclinaremos	reclinaréis	reclinarán
	conditional	reclinaría	reclinarías	reclinaría	reclinaríamos	reclinaríais	reclinarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	recline	reclinestú reclinésvos2	recline	reclinemos	reclinéis	reclinen
	imperfect (ra)	reclinara	reclinaras	reclinara	reclináramos	reclinarais	reclinaran
	imperfect (se)	reclinase	reclinases	reclinase	reclinásemos	reclinaseis	reclinasen
	future1	reclinare	reclinares	reclinare	reclináremos	reclinareis	reclinaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		reclinatú reclinávos	recline	reclinemos	reclinad	reclinen
	negative		no reclines	no recline	no reclinemos	no reclinéis	no reclinen

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

    Selected combined forms of reclinar

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 reclinar	dative	reclinarme	reclinarte	reclinarle, reclinarse	reclinarnos	reclinaros	reclinarles, reclinarse
	accusative	reclinarme	reclinarte	reclinarlo, reclinarla, reclinarse	reclinarnos	reclinaros	reclinarlos, reclinarlas, reclinarse
with gerund reclinando	dative	reclinándome	reclinándote	reclinándole, reclinándose	reclinándonos	reclinándoos	reclinándoles, reclinándose
	accusative	reclinándome	reclinándote	reclinándolo, reclinándola, reclinándose	reclinándonos	reclinándoos	reclinándolos, reclinándolas, reclinándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative reclina	dative	reclíname	reclínate	reclínale	reclínanos	not used	reclínales
	accusative	reclíname	reclínate	reclínalo, reclínala	reclínanos	not used	reclínalos, reclínalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative recliná	dative	recliname	reclinate	reclinale	reclinanos	not used	reclinales
	accusative	recliname	reclinate	reclinalo, reclinala	reclinanos	not used	reclinalos, reclinalas
with formal second-person singular imperative recline	dative	reclíneme	not used	reclínele, reclínese	reclínenos	not used	reclíneles
	accusative	reclíneme	not used	reclínelo, reclínela, reclínese	reclínenos	not used	reclínelos, reclínelas
with first-person plural imperative reclinemos	dative	not used	reclinémoste	reclinémosle	reclinémonos	reclinémoos	reclinémosles
	accusative	not used	reclinémoste	reclinémoslo, reclinémosla	reclinémonos	reclinémoos	reclinémoslos, reclinémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative reclinad	dative	reclinadme	not used	reclinadle	reclinadnos	reclinaos	reclinadles
	accusative	reclinadme	not used	reclinadlo, reclinadla	reclinadnos	reclinaos	reclinadlos, reclinadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative reclinen	dative	reclínenme	not used	reclínenle	reclínennos	not used	reclínenles, reclínense
	accusative	reclínenme	not used	reclínenlo, reclínenla	reclínennos	not used	reclínenlos, reclínenlas, reclínense

Related terms

• declinar
• inclinar

 

Further reading

• “reclinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10