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recalcitrar

Portuguese, verb/ʁe.kaw.siˈtɾa(ʁ)/

recalcitrar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to be recalcitrant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “revoltar-se”.

What does recalcitrar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to be recalcitrant

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. revoltar-se

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of recalcitrar

  • recalcitro first-person present singular
  • recalcitrei first-person preterite singular
  • recalcitrado participle past
  • recalcitrares infinitive second-person singular
  • recalcitrarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • recalcitrardes infinitive plural second-person
  • recalcitrarem infinitive plural third-person
  • recalcitrando gerund
  • recalcitrados masculine participle past
  • recalcitrada feminine participle past
  • recalcitradas feminine participle past
  • recalcitras indicative present second-person
  • recalcitra indicative present singular
  • recalcitramos first-person indicative plural
  • recalcitrais indicative plural present
  • recalcitram indicative plural present
  • recalcitrava first-person imperfect indicative
  • recalcitravas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce recalcitrar?

  • Brazil /ʁe.kaw.siˈtɾa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [he.kaʊ̯.siˈtɾa(h)]
  • /ʁe.kaw.siˈtɾa(ɾ)/

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