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From Old Galician-Portuguese rezar, from Latin recitāre (“to recite”), from re- + citō (“I call forth”).

rezar (first-person singular present rezo, first-person singular preterite recei, past participle rezado)
rezar (first-person singular present rezo, first-person singular preterite rezei, past participle rezado, reintegrationist norm)

  1. to pray
    Synonyms: orar, pregar

Conjugation of rezar (c-z alternation)

Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti / tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal rezar
Personal rezar rezares rezar rezarmos rezardes rezarem
Gerund
rezando
Past participle
Masculine rezado rezados
Feminine rezada rezadas
Indicative
Present rezo rezas reza rezamos rezades, rezais rezam
Imperfect rezava rezavas rezava rezávamos rezávades, rezáveis, rezávais1 rezavam
Preterite rezei rezaste, rezache1 rezou rezamos rezastes rezárom, rezaram
Pluperfect rezara rezaras rezara rezáramos rezárades, rezáreis, rezárais1 rezaram
Future rezarei rezarás rezará rezaremos rezaredes, rezareis rezarám, rezarão
Conditional rezaria rezarias rezaria rezaríamos rezaríades, rezaríeis, rezaríais1 rezariam
Subjunctive
Present reze rezes reze rezemos rezedes, rezeis rezem
Imperfect rezasse rezasses rezasse rezássemos rezássedes, rezásseis rezassem
Future rezar rezares rezar rezarmos rezardes rezarem
Imperative
Affirmative reza reze rezemos rezade, rezai rezem
Negative (nom) nom rezes nom reze nom rezemos nom rezedes, nom rezeis nom rezem

From Old Galician-Portuguese rezar, from Latin recitāre (“to recite”), from re- + citō (“to call forth”). Doublet of recitar, a borrowing.

  • Hyphenation: re‧zar

rezar (first-person singular present rezo, first-person singular preterite rezei, past participle rezado)

  1. (religion, intransitive) to pray (to talk to a god)

    Eles rezavam antes de chegar o carrasco.

    They were praying before the executioner arrived.
  2. (religion, transitive) to pray (to recite a given prayer)

    Rezei até muito tarde na igreja.

    I prayed until very late at the church.
  3. (Christianity, transitive) to celebrate (to perform mass); the object is almost always missa (“mass”)

    O padre já estava cansado de rezar tantas missas.

    The priest was already tired of celebrating so many masses.
  • → Makalero: reja (“to pray”)

Sense 1

Inherited from Old Spanish rezar, rezdar, from Latin recitāre (“recite”). Doublet of recitar, a borrowing.

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /reˈθaɾ/ [reˈθaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /reˈsaɾ/ [reˈsaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: re‧zar

rezar (first-person singular present rezo, first-person singular preterite recé, past participle rezado)

  1. (intransitive) to pray, especially to repeat or recite (rather than sing) a memorized prayer such as the Lord's Prayer, the Hail Mary, etc.
    Synonym: orar
  2. (transitive, of text) to read, say

    El señal reza "no entre"

    The sign says "do not enter"

Selected combined forms of rezar (c-z alternation)

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 rezar dative rezarme rezarte rezarle, rezarse rezarnos rezaros rezarles, rezarse
accusative rezarme rezarte rezarlo, rezarla, rezarse rezarnos rezaros rezarlos, rezarlas, rezarse
with gerund rezando dative rezándome rezándote rezándole, rezándose rezándonos rezándoos rezándoles, rezándose
accusative rezándome rezándote rezándolo, rezándola, rezándose rezándonos rezándoos rezándolos, rezándolas, rezándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative reza dative rézame rézate rézale rézanos not used rézales
accusative rézame rézate rézalo, rézala rézanos not used rézalos, rézalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative rezá dative rezame rezate rezale rezanos not used rezales
accusative rezame rezate rezalo, rezala rezanos not used rezalos, rezalas
with formal second-person singular imperative rece dative réceme not used récele, récese récenos not used réceles
accusative réceme not used récelo, récela, récese récenos not used récelos, récelas
with first-person plural imperative recemos dative not used recémoste recémosle recémonos recémoos recémosles
accusative not used recémoste recémoslo, recémosla recémonos recémoos recémoslos, recémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative rezad dative rezadme not used rezadle rezadnos rezaos rezadles
accusative rezadme not used rezadlo, rezadla rezadnos rezaos rezadlos, rezadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative recen dative récenme not used récenle récennos not used récenles, récense
accusative récenme not used récenlo, récenla récennos not used récenlos, récenlas, récense

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