repescar

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Spanish re-

Proto-Indo-European *péysks

Proto-Italic *piskis

Latin pisc-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -or

Latin piscārī

Spanish pescar

Spanish repescar

From re- + pescar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /repesˈkaɾ/ [re.pesˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧pes‧car

Verb

repescar (first-person singular present repesco, first-person singular preterite repesqué, past participle repescado)

1. (transitive, colloquial) to give a second chance to

Conjugation

    Conjugation of repescar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			repescar
gerund			repescando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		repescado		repescada
		plural		repescados		repescadas
		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	repesco	repescastú repescásvos	repesca	repescamos	repescáis	repescan
	imperfect	repescaba	repescabas	repescaba	repescábamos	repescabais	repescaban
	preterite	repesqué	repescaste	repescó	repescamos	repescasteis	repescaron
	future	repescaré	repescarás	repescará	repescaremos	repescaréis	repescarán
	conditional	repescaría	repescarías	repescaría	repescaríamos	repescaríais	repescarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	repesque	repesquestú repesquésvos2	repesque	repesquemos	repesquéis	repesquen
	imperfect (ra)	repescara	repescaras	repescara	repescáramos	repescarais	repescaran
	imperfect (se)	repescase	repescases	repescase	repescásemos	repescaseis	repescasen
	future1	repescare	repescares	repescare	repescáremos	repescareis	repescaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		repescatú repescávos	repesque	repesquemos	repescad	repesquen
	negative		no repesques	no repesque	no repesquemos	no repesquéis	no repesquen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of repescar (c-qu 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 repescar	dative	repescarme	repescarte	repescarle, repescarse	repescarnos	repescaros	repescarles, repescarse
	accusative	repescarme	repescarte	repescarlo, repescarla, repescarse	repescarnos	repescaros	repescarlos, repescarlas, repescarse
with gerund repescando	dative	repescándome	repescándote	repescándole, repescándose	repescándonos	repescándoos	repescándoles, repescándose
	accusative	repescándome	repescándote	repescándolo, repescándola, repescándose	repescándonos	repescándoos	repescándolos, repescándolas, repescándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative repesca	dative	repéscame	repéscate	repéscale	repéscanos	not used	repéscales
	accusative	repéscame	repéscate	repéscalo, repéscala	repéscanos	not used	repéscalos, repéscalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative repescá	dative	repescame	repescate	repescale	repescanos	not used	repescales
	accusative	repescame	repescate	repescalo, repescala	repescanos	not used	repescalos, repescalas
with formal second-person singular imperative repesque	dative	repésqueme	not used	repésquele, repésquese	repésquenos	not used	repésqueles
	accusative	repésqueme	not used	repésquelo, repésquela, repésquese	repésquenos	not used	repésquelos, repésquelas
with first-person plural imperative repesquemos	dative	not used	repesquémoste	repesquémosle	repesquémonos	repesquémoos	repesquémosles
	accusative	not used	repesquémoste	repesquémoslo, repesquémosla	repesquémonos	repesquémoos	repesquémoslos, repesquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative repescad	dative	repescadme	not used	repescadle	repescadnos	repescaos	repescadles
	accusative	repescadme	not used	repescadlo, repescadla	repescadnos	repescaos	repescadlos, repescadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative repesquen	dative	repésquenme	not used	repésquenle	repésquennos	not used	repésquenles, repésquense
	accusative	repésquenme	not used	repésquenlo, repésquenla	repésquennos	not used	repésquenlos, repésquenlas, repésquense

Derived terms

• repesca

Further reading

• “repescar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025