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recalcar conjugation

to stress/emphasiseB2orthographic-changing-ar

Recalcar means ‘to stress/emphasise’. It is a regular -ar verb with a spelling change (c becomes qu before e): recalco (present), recalqué (preterite), recalcado (past participle), recalcando (gerund).

Recalcar in use

  • La ministra recalcó que no habrá más recortesThe minister stressed that there will be no more cuts
  • Recalco que la entrega es el viernesI must stress that the deadline is Friday
  • No hace falta que recalques un detalle tan pequeñoThere is no need to emphasise such a small detail
On this pageIndicative

Indicative

Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality

Present

yorecalco
túrecalcas
él/ella/ustedrecalca
nosotrosrecalcamos
vosotrosrecalcáis
ellos/ellas/ustedesrecalcan

Preterite

yorecalqué
túrecalcaste
él/ella/ustedrecalcó
nosotrosrecalcamos
vosotrosrecalcasteis
ellos/ellas/ustedesrecalcaron

Imperfect

yorecalcaba
túrecalcabas
él/ella/ustedrecalcaba
nosotrosrecalcábamos
vosotrosrecalcabais
ellos/ellas/ustedesrecalcaban

Future

yorecalcaré
túrecalcarás
él/ella/ustedrecalcará
nosotrosrecalcaremos
vosotrosrecalcaréis
ellos/ellas/ustedesrecalcarán

Conditional

yorecalcaría
túrecalcarías
él/ella/ustedrecalcaría
nosotrosrecalcaríamos
vosotrosrecalcaríais
ellos/ellas/ustedesrecalcarían
recalcando
used in the present progressive
recalcado
used in the perfect tenses

Present perfect, subjunctive and imperative

Present perfect

yohe recalcado
túhas recalcado
él/ella/ustedha recalcado
nosotroshemos recalcado
vosotroshabéis recalcado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshan recalcado

Present subjunctive

yorecalque
túrecalques
él/ella/ustedrecalque
nosotrosrecalquemos
vosotrosrecalquéis
ellos/ellas/ustedesrecalquen

Imperative

yo-
túrecalca
él/ella/ustedrecalque
nosotrosrecalquemos
vosotrosrecalcad
ellos/ellas/ustedesrecalquen

More tenses

The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive

The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.

Past perfect

yohabía recalcado
túhabías recalcado
él/ella/ustedhabía recalcado
nosotroshabíamos recalcado
vosotroshabíais recalcado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshabían recalcado

Future perfect

yohabré recalcado
túhabrás recalcado
él/ella/ustedhabrá recalcado
nosotroshabremos recalcado
vosotroshabréis recalcado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshabrán recalcado

Conditional perfect

yohabría recalcado
túhabrías recalcado
él/ella/ustedhabría recalcado
nosotroshabríamos recalcado
vosotroshabríais recalcado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshabrían recalcado

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

yorecalcara
túrecalcaras
él/ella/ustedrecalcara
nosotrosrecalcáramos
vosotrosrecalcarais
ellos/ellas/ustedesrecalcaran

Imperfect subjunctive (-se)

Literary / Spain
yorecalcase
túrecalcases
él/ella/ustedrecalcase
nosotrosrecalcásemos
vosotrosrecalcaseis
ellos/ellas/ustedesrecalcasen

Present perfect subjunctive

yohaya recalcado
túhayas recalcado
él/ella/ustedhaya recalcado
nosotroshayamos recalcado
vosotroshayáis recalcado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshayan recalcado

Pluperfect subjunctive

yohubiera recalcado
túhubieras recalcado
él/ella/ustedhubiera recalcado
nosotroshubiéramos recalcado
vosotroshubierais recalcado
ellos/ellas/ustedeshubieran recalcado

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More examples with recalcar

  • Recalcar una ideaTo stress an idea
  • Recalcar un puntoTo emphasise a point
  • Recalcar la importancia de algoTo stress the importance of something

Practice: recalcar to stress/emphasise

Indicative
Subjunctive
Perfect tenses
Imperative

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