recolectar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin recollectum, supine form of recolligō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rekoleɡˈtaɾ/ [re.ko.leɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧co‧lec‧tar

Verb

recolectar (first-person singular present recolecto, first-person singular preterite recolecté, past participle recolectado)

1. (transitive) to collect, amass

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recolectar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			recolectar
gerund			recolectando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		recolectado		recolectada
		plural		recolectados		recolectadas
		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	recolecto	recolectastú recolectásvos	recolecta	recolectamos	recolectáis	recolectan
	imperfect	recolectaba	recolectabas	recolectaba	recolectábamos	recolectabais	recolectaban
	preterite	recolecté	recolectaste	recolectó	recolectamos	recolectasteis	recolectaron
	future	recolectaré	recolectarás	recolectará	recolectaremos	recolectaréis	recolectarán
	conditional	recolectaría	recolectarías	recolectaría	recolectaríamos	recolectaríais	recolectarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	recolecte	recolectestú recolectésvos2	recolecte	recolectemos	recolectéis	recolecten
	imperfect (ra)	recolectara	recolectaras	recolectara	recolectáramos	recolectarais	recolectaran
	imperfect (se)	recolectase	recolectases	recolectase	recolectásemos	recolectaseis	recolectasen
	future1	recolectare	recolectares	recolectare	recolectáremos	recolectareis	recolectaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		recolectatú recolectávos	recolecte	recolectemos	recolectad	recolecten
	negative		no recolectes	no recolecte	no recolectemos	no recolectéis	no recolecten

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

    Selected combined forms of recolectar

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 recolectar
	dative	recolectarme	recolectarte	recolectarle, recolectarse	recolectarnos	recolectaros	recolectarles, recolectarse
	accusative	recolectarme	recolectarte	recolectarlo, recolectarla, recolectarse	recolectarnos	recolectaros	recolectarlos, recolectarlas, recolectarse
with gerund recolectando
	dative	recolectándome	recolectándote	recolectándole, recolectándose	recolectándonos	recolectándoos	recolectándoles, recolectándose
	accusative	recolectándome	recolectándote	recolectándolo, recolectándola, recolectándose	recolectándonos	recolectándoos	recolectándolos, recolectándolas, recolectándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative recolecta
	dative	recoléctame	recoléctate	recoléctale	recoléctanos	not used	recoléctales
	accusative	recoléctame	recoléctate	recoléctalo, recoléctala	recoléctanos	not used	recoléctalos, recoléctalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative recolectá
	dative	recolectame	recolectate	recolectale	recolectanos	not used	recolectales
	accusative	recolectame	recolectate	recolectalo, recolectala	recolectanos	not used	recolectalos, recolectalas
with formal second-person singular imperative recolecte
	dative	recolécteme	not used	recoléctele, recoléctese	recoléctenos	not used	recolécteles
	accusative	recolécteme	not used	recoléctelo, recoléctela, recoléctese	recoléctenos	not used	recoléctelos, recoléctelas
with first-person plural imperative recolectemos
	dative	not used	recolectémoste	recolectémosle	recolectémonos	recolectémoos	recolectémosles
	accusative	not used	recolectémoste	recolectémoslo, recolectémosla	recolectémonos	recolectémoos	recolectémoslos, recolectémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative recolectad
	dative	recolectadme	not used	recolectadle	recolectadnos	recolectaos	recolectadles
	accusative	recolectadme	not used	recolectadlo, recolectadla	recolectadnos	recolectaos	recolectadlos, recolectadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative recolecten
	dative	recoléctenme	not used	recoléctenle	recoléctennos	not used	recoléctenles, recoléctense
	accusative	recoléctenme	not used	recoléctenlo, recoléctenla	recoléctennos	not used	recoléctenlos, recoléctenlas, recoléctense

Related terms

• recolector

 

Further reading

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