# retroalimentar
## Spanish
### Etymology

From retro- +‎ alimentar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /retɾoalimenˈtaɾ/ [re.t̪ɾo.a.li.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: re‧tro‧a‧li‧men‧tar

### Verb

retroalimentar (first-person singular present retroalimento, first-person singular preterite retroalimenté, past participle retroalimentado)
* to feed back
* to feed into (one another)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | retroalimentar | retroalimentar | retroalimentar | retroalimentar | retroalimentar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | retroalimentando | retroalimentando | retroalimentando | retroalimentando | retroalimentando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | retroalimentado | retroalimentado | retroalimentada | retroalimentada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | retroalimentados | retroalimentados | retroalimentadas | retroalimentadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | retroalimento | retroalimentas$^{tú}$ retroalimentás$^{vos}$ | retroalimenta | retroalimentamos | retroalimentáis | retroalimentan |
| indicative | imperfect | retroalimentaba | retroalimentabas | retroalimentaba | retroalimentábamos | retroalimentabais | retroalimentaban |
| indicative | preterite | retroalimenté | retroalimentaste | retroalimentó | retroalimentamos | retroalimentasteis | retroalimentaron |
| indicative | future | retroalimentaré | retroalimentarás | retroalimentará | retroalimentaremos | retroalimentaréis | retroalimentarán |
| indicative | conditional | retroalimentaría | retroalimentarías | retroalimentaría | retroalimentaríamos | retroalimentaríais | retroalimentarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | retroalimente | retroalimentes$^{tú}$ retroalimentés$^{vos2}$ | retroalimente | retroalimentemos | retroalimentéis | retroalimenten |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | retroalimentara | retroalimentaras | retroalimentara | retroalimentáramos | retroalimentarais | retroalimentaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | retroalimentase | retroalimentases | retroalimentase | retroalimentásemos | retroalimentaseis | retroalimentasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | retroalimentare | retroalimentares | retroalimentare | retroalimentáremos | retroalimentareis | retroalimentaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | retroalimenta$^{tú}$ retroalimentá$^{vos}$ | retroalimente | retroalimentemos | retroalimentad | retroalimenten |
| imperative | negative | | no retroalimentes | no retroalimente | no retroalimentemos | no retroalimentéis | no retroalimenten |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “retroalimentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014