reclamar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reclāmāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.kləˈma]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [re.klaˈmaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
  • Hyphenation: re‧cla‧mar

Verb

reclamar (first-person singular present reclamo, first-person singular preterite reclamí, past participle reclamat)

  1. (transitive) to claim
  2. (transitive) to demand
  3. (transitive) to call (a bird)
  4. (intransitive) to protest

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reclāmāre.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.klaˈma(ʁ)/ [he.klaˈma(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁe.klaˈma(ɾ)/ [he.klaˈma(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.klaˈma(ʁ)/ [χe.klaˈma(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.klaˈma(ɻ)/ [he.klaˈma(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.klɐˈmaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.klɐˈma.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: re‧cla‧mar

Verb

reclamar (first-person singular present reclamo, first-person singular preterite reclamei, past participle reclamado)

  1. to complain
    • 2023, Djalma do Nascimento Sousa, chapter V, in Memórias do Sul do Maranhão, Maranhão, page 106:
      Reclamar por algo errado para o pobre é uma ofensa grave, pois não quer mudar, porque já criou o seu universo mundano []
      Complaining about something being wrong for the poor is a serious offense, because they don't want to change, because they've already created their worldly universe [] .
  2. to claim

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Quotations

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Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reclāmāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reklaˈmaɾ/ [re.klaˈmaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: re‧cla‧mar

Verb

reclamar (first-person singular present reclamo, first-person singular preterite reclamé, past participle reclamado)

  1. to reclaim, to recover possession of
  2. to claim, to ask for, to demand
  3. to lure (with a decoy or whistle while hunting)
  4. to look for (a criminal), to summon (a witness)
  5. to protest, to complain, to object, to clamor, to reclaim
  6. (poetic) to resound
  7. (nautical) to hoist taut

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