refletir
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin reflectere.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.fleˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [he.fleˈt͡ʃi(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁe.fleˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/ [he.fleˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.fleˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [χe.fleˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.fleˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/ [he.fleˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.flɛˈtiɾ/
- Hyphenation: re‧fle‧tir
Verb
refletir (first-person singular present reflito, third-person singular present reflete, first-person singular preterite refleti, past participle refletido)
- (transitive) to mirror
- (transitive) to reflect
- (transitive, intransitive) to ponder, meditate
- (transitive, figurative) to express, show (communicate an idea)
- inflection of refletir:
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive
Conjugation
Conjugation of refletir (i-e alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Further reading
- “refletir” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “refletir” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “reflectir” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “refletir” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “reflectir” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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