refractar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English refract.

Pronunciation

Verb

refractar (first-person singular present refracto, first-person singular preterite refractí, past participle refractat)

  1. (transitive) to refract
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to refract
    La llum es refracta en passar d'un medi a un altre.
    Light refracts when passing from one medium to another.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of refractar (first conjugation)
infinitive refractar
gerund refractant
past participle masculine feminine
singular refractat refractada
plural refractats refractades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present refracto refractes refracta refractem refracteu refracten
imperfect refractava refractaves refractava refractàvem refractàveu refractaven
future refractaré refractaràs refractarà refractarem refractareu refractaran
preterite refractí refractares refractà refractàrem refractàreu refractaren
conditional refractaria refractaries refractaria refractaríem refractaríeu refractarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present refracti refractis refracti refractem refracteu refractin
imperfect refractés refractessis refractés refractéssim refractéssiu refractessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós		 vostès
affirmative — refracta refracti refractem refracteu refractin
negative (no) — no refractis no refracti no refractem no refracteu no refractin

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French réfractaire, from Latin refractarius.

Adjective

refractar m or n (feminine singular refractară, masculine plural refractari, feminine and neuter plural refractare)

  1. refractory

Declension
Declension of refractar
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite refractar refractară refractari refractare
definite refractarul refractara refractarii refractarele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite refractar refractare refractari refractare
definite refractarului refractarei refractarilor refractarelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin refrāctum, neuter form of refrāctus, the perfect passive participle of refringō, itself from re- (“again”) + frangō (“to break”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /refɾaɡˈtaɾ/ [re.fɾaɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: re‧frac‧tar

Verb

refractar (first-person singular present refracto, first-person singular preterite refracté, past participle refractado)

  1. (transitive, optics) to refract

Conjugation
    Conjugation of refractar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive refractar
gerund refractando
past participle masculine feminine
singular refractado refractada
plural refractados refractadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present refracto refractastú
refractásvos		 refracta refractamos refractáis refractan
imperfect refractaba refractabas refractaba refractábamos refractabais refractaban
preterite refracté refractaste refractó refractamos refractasteis refractaron
future refractaré refractarás refractará refractaremos refractaréis refractarán
conditional refractaría refractarías refractaría refractaríamos refractaríais refractarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present refracte refractestú
refractésvos2		 refracte refractemos refractéis refracten
imperfect
(ra)		 refractara refractaras refractara refractáramos refractarais refractaran
imperfect
(se)		 refractase refractases refractase refractásemos refractaseis refractasen
future1 refractare refractares refractare refractáremos refractareis refractaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative refractatú
refractávos		 refracte refractemos refractad refracten
negative no refractes no refracte no refractemos no refractéis no refracten

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of refractar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive refractar
dative refractarme refractarte refractarle, refractarse refractarnos refractaros refractarles, refractarse
accusative refractarme refractarte refractarlo, refractarla, refractarse refractarnos refractaros refractarlos, refractarlas, refractarse
with gerund refractando
dative refractándome refractándote refractándole, refractándose refractándonos refractándoos refractándoles, refractándose
accusative refractándome refractándote refractándolo, refractándola, refractándose refractándonos refractándoos refractándolos, refractándolas, refractándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative refracta
dative refráctame refráctate refráctale refráctanos not used refráctales
accusative refráctame refráctate refráctalo, refráctala refráctanos not used refráctalos, refráctalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative refractá
dative refractame refractate refractale refractanos not used refractales
accusative refractame refractate refractalo, refractala refractanos not used refractalos, refractalas
with formal second-person singular imperative refracte
dative refrácteme not used refráctele, refráctese refráctenos not used refrácteles
accusative refrácteme not used refráctelo, refráctela, refráctese refráctenos not used refráctelos, refráctelas
with first-person plural imperative refractemos
dative not used refractémoste refractémosle refractémonos refractémoos refractémosles
accusative not used refractémoste refractémoslo, refractémosla refractémonos refractémoos refractémoslos, refractémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative refractad
dative refractadme not used refractadle refractadnos refractaos refractadles
accusative refractadme not used refractadlo, refractadla refractadnos refractaos refractadlos, refractadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative refracten
dative refráctenme not used refráctenle refráctennos not used refráctenles, refráctense
accusative refráctenme not used refráctenlo, refráctenla refráctennos not used refráctenlos, refráctenlas, refráctense

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