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recontar

Spanish, verb/rekonˈtaɾ/

recontar is a Spanish verb meaning “to recount” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does recontar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to recount

  2. 2

    to narrate

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of recontar

  • recuento first-person present singular
  • reconté first-person preterite singular
  • recontado participle past
  • o-ue alternation
  • recontando gerund
  • recontada feminine participle past
  • recontados masculine participle past
  • recontadas feminine participle past
  • recuentas indicative informal present
  • recontás indicative informal present
  • recuenta indicative present singular
  • recontamos first-person indicative plural
  • recontáis indicative plural present
  • recuentan indicative plural present
  • recontaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • recontabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • recontábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • recontabais imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce recontar?

  • /rekonˈtaɾ/
  • [re.kõn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to recontar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is recontar in Spanish?

recontar appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).