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)]
- (Caipira) 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)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
- reciprocação
Further reading
- “reciprocar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “reciprocar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
- “reciprocar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “reciprocar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “reciprocar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin reciprocāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reθipɾoˈkaɾ/ [re.θi.pɾoˈkaɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 tuteo 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 voseo 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025