recite

See also: récite, récité, and recité

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French reciter, from Latin recitare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈsaɪt/

Verb

recite (third-person singular simple present recites, present participle reciting, simple past and past participle recited)

  1. (transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.
  2. (transitive) To list or enumerate something.
  3. (intransitive) To deliver a recitation.

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Italian

Noun

recite f

  1. plural of recita

Portuguese

Verb

recite

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of recitar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of recitar
  3. third-person singular imperative of recitar

Spanish

Verb

recite

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of recitar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of recitar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of recitar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of recitar.
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