Recetar

to prescribe

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Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

recetar

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

recetando

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

recetado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	receto I prescribe	I prescribe
tú	recetas you prescribe	you prescribe
él/ella/usted	receta he/she/you prescribes	he/she/you prescribes
nosotros	recetamos we prescribe	we prescribe
vosotros	recetáis you all prescribe	you all prescribe
ellos/ustedes	recetan they/you all prescribe	they/you all prescribe

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	recetaba I used to prescribe	I used to prescribe
tú	recetabas you used to prescribe	you used to prescribe
él/ella/usted	recetaba he/she/you used to prescribe	he/she/you used to prescribe
nosotros	recetábamos we used to prescribe	we used to prescribe
vosotros	recetabais you all used to prescribe	you all used to prescribe
ellos/ustedes	recetaban they/you all used to prescribe	they/you all used to prescribe

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	receté I prescribed	I prescribed
tú	recetaste you prescribed	you prescribed
él/ella/usted	recetó he/she/you prescribed	he/she/you prescribed
nosotros	recetamos we prescribed	we prescribed
vosotros	recetasteis you all prescribed	you all prescribed
ellos/ustedes	recetaron they/you all prescribed	they/you all prescribed

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	recetaré I will prescribe	I will prescribe
tú	recetarás you will prescribe	you will prescribe
él/ella/usted	recetará he/she/you will prescribe	he/she/you will prescribe
nosotros	recetaremos we will prescribe	we will prescribe
vosotros	recetaréis you all will prescribe	you all will prescribe
ellos/ustedes	recetarán they/you all will prescribe	they/you all will prescribe

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	recetaría I would prescribe	I would prescribe
tú	recetarías you would prescribe	you would prescribe
él/ella/usted	recetaría he/she/you would prescribe	he/she/you would prescribe
nosotros	recetaríamos we would prescribe	we would prescribe
vosotros	recetaríais you all would prescribe	you all would prescribe
ellos/ustedes	recetarían they/you all would prescribe	they/you all would prescribe

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	recete that I prescribe	that I prescribe
tú	recetes that you prescribe	that you prescribe
él/ella/usted	recete that he/she/you prescribe	that he/she/you prescribe
nosotros	recetemos that we prescribe	that we prescribe
vosotros	recetéis that you all prescribe	that you all prescribe
ellos/ustedes	receten that they/you all prescribe	that they/you all prescribe

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	recetara or recetase that I prescribed	that I prescribed
tú	recetaras or recetases that you prescribed	that you prescribed
él/ella/usted	recetara or recetase that he/she/you prescribed	that he/she/you prescribed
nosotros	recetáramos or recetásemos that we prescribed	that we prescribed
vosotros	recetarais or recetaseis that you all prescribed	that you all prescribed
ellos/ustedes	recetaran or recetasen that they/you all prescribed	that they/you all prescribed

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	he recetado I have prescribed	I have prescribed
tú	has recetado you have prescribed	you have prescribed
él/ella/usted	ha recetado he/she/you have prescribed	he/she/you have prescribed
nosotros	hemos recetado we have prescribed	we have prescribed
vosotros	habéis recetado you all have prescribed	you all have prescribed
ellos/ustedes	han recetado they/you all have prescribed	they/you all have prescribed

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	había recetado I had prescribed	I had prescribed
tú	habías recetado you had prescribed	you had prescribed
él/ella/usted	había recetado he/she/you had prescribed	he/she/you had prescribed
nosotros	habíamos recetado we had prescribed	we had prescribed
vosotros	habíais recetado you all had prescribed	you all had prescribed
ellos/ustedes	habían recetado they/you all had prescribed	they/you all had prescribed

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hube recetado I had prescribed	I had prescribed
tú	hubiste recetado you had prescribed	you had prescribed
él/ella/usted	hubo recetado he/she/you had prescribed	he/she/you had prescribed
nosotros	hubimos recetado we had prescribed	we had prescribed
vosotros	hubisteis recetado you all had prescribed	you all had prescribed
ellos/ustedes	hubieron recetado they/you all had prescribed	they/you all had prescribed

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habré recetado I will have prescribed	I will have prescribed
tú	habrás recetado you will have prescribed	you will have prescribed
él/ella/usted	habrá recetado he/she/you will have prescribed	he/she/you will have prescribed
nosotros	habremos recetado we will have prescribed	we will have prescribed
vosotros	habréis recetado you all will have prescribed	you all will have prescribed
ellos/ustedes	habrán recetado they/you all will have prescribed	they/you all will have prescribed

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habría recetado I would have prescribed	I would have prescribed
tú	habrías recetado you would have prescribed	you would have prescribed
él/ella/usted	habría recetado he/she/you would have prescribed	he/she/you would have prescribed
nosotros	habríamos recetado we would have prescribed	we would have prescribed
vosotros	habríais recetado you all would have prescribed	you all would have prescribed
ellos/ustedes	habrían recetado they/you all would have prescribed	they/you all would have prescribed

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	haya recetado that I have prescribed	that I have prescribed
tú	hayas recetado that you have prescribed	that you have prescribed
él/ella/usted	haya recetado that he/she/you have prescribed	that he/she/you have prescribed
nosotros	hayamos recetado that we have prescribed	that we have prescribed
vosotros	hayáis recetado that you all have prescribed	that you all have prescribed
ellos/ustedes	hayan recetado that they/you all have prescribed	that they/you all have prescribed

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hubiera recetado that I had prescribed	that I had prescribed
tú	hubieras recetado that you had prescribed	that you had prescribed
él/ella/usted	hubiera recetado that he/she/you had prescribed	that he/she/you had prescribed
nosotros	hubiéramos recetado that we had prescribed	that we had prescribed
vosotros	hubierais recetado that you all had prescribed	that you all had prescribed
ellos/ustedes	hubieran recetado that they/you all had prescribed	that they/you all had prescribed

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	receta	prescribe! (you)
usted	recete	prescribe! (you formal)
nosotros	recetemos	let's prescribe!
vosotros	recetad	prescribe! (you all)
ustedes	receten	prescribe! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no recetes	don't prescribe! (you)
usted	no recete	don't prescribe! (you formal)
nosotros	no recetemos	let's not prescribe!
vosotros	no recetéis	don't prescribe! (you all)
ustedes	no receten	don't prescribe! (you all)

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