Recontar

to recount

🎯

Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

recontar

🏃

Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

recontando

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

recontado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	reconto I recount	I recount
tú	recontas you recount	you recount
él/ella/usted	reconta he/she/you recounts	he/she/you recounts
nosotros	recontamos we recount	we recount
vosotros	recontáis you all recount	you all recount
ellos/ustedes	recontan they/you all recount	they/you all recount

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	recontaba I used to recount	I used to recount
tú	recontabas you used to recount	you used to recount
él/ella/usted	recontaba he/she/you used to recount	he/she/you used to recount
nosotros	recontábamos we used to recount	we used to recount
vosotros	recontabais you all used to recount	you all used to recount
ellos/ustedes	recontaban they/you all used to recount	they/you all used to recount

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	reconté I recounted	I recounted
tú	recontaste you recounted	you recounted
él/ella/usted	recontó he/she/you recounted	he/she/you recounted
nosotros	recontamos we recounted	we recounted
vosotros	recontasteis you all recounted	you all recounted
ellos/ustedes	recontaron they/you all recounted	they/you all recounted

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	recontaré I will recount	I will recount
tú	recontarás you will recount	you will recount
él/ella/usted	recontará he/she/you will recount	he/she/you will recount
nosotros	recontaremos we will recount	we will recount
vosotros	recontaréis you all will recount	you all will recount
ellos/ustedes	recontarán they/you all will recount	they/you all will recount

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	recontaría I would recount	I would recount
tú	recontarías you would recount	you would recount
él/ella/usted	recontaría he/she/you would recount	he/she/you would recount
nosotros	recontaríamos we would recount	we would recount
vosotros	recontaríais you all would recount	you all would recount
ellos/ustedes	recontarían they/you all would recount	they/you all would recount

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	reconte that I recount	that I recount
tú	recontes that you recount	that you recount
él/ella/usted	reconte that he/she/you recount	that he/she/you recount
nosotros	recontemos that we recount	that we recount
vosotros	recontéis that you all recount	that you all recount
ellos/ustedes	reconten that they/you all recount	that they/you all recount

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	recontara or recontase that I recounted	that I recounted
tú	recontaras or recontases that you recounted	that you recounted
él/ella/usted	recontara or recontase that he/she/you recounted	that he/she/you recounted
nosotros	recontáramos or recontásemos that we recounted	that we recounted
vosotros	recontarais or recontaseis that you all recounted	that you all recounted
ellos/ustedes	recontaran or recontasen that they/you all recounted	that they/you all recounted

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

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

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

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

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

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

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

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

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

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

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

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

🌌

Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

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

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	reconta	recount! (you)
usted	reconte	recount! (you formal)
nosotros	recontemos	let's recount!
vosotros	recontad	recount! (you all)
ustedes	reconten	recount! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no recontes	don't recount! (you)
usted	no reconte	don't recount! (you formal)
nosotros	no recontemos	let's not recount!
vosotros	no recontéis	don't recount! (you all)
ustedes	no reconten	don't recount! (you all)

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