# requintar
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From re- +‎ quintar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.kĩˈta(ʁ)/ [he.kĩˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.kĩˈta(ʁ)/ [he.kĩˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʁe.kĩˈta(ɾ)/ [he.kĩˈta(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁe.kĩˈta(ʁ)/ [χe.kĩˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.kĩˈta(ɻ)/ [he.kĩˈta(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.kĩˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.kĩˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.kĩˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: re‧quin‧tar

### Verb

requintar (first-person singular present requinto, first-person singular preterite requintei, past participle requintado)
* (transitive) to refine; to perfect
    Synonym: aprimorar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* requintado
* requinte

## Spanish
### Verb

requintar (first-person singular present requinto, first-person singular preterite requinté, past participle requintado)
* to outdo; to better
* (music) to put the tuning up or down by five tones
* (Peru, Bolivia) to insult; hurl abuse (at)
** 2017 July, “El atrevimiento de Marco Peredo”, in El Deber Bolivia‎:Los clubes requintaban contra el presidente, pero ellos lo elegían y reelegían comprados y serviles.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | requintar | requintar | requintar | requintar | requintar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | requintando | requintando | requintando | requintando | requintando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | requintado | requintado | requintada | requintada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | requintados | requintados | requintadas | requintadas |
| | | 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 | requinto | requintas$^{tú}$ requintás$^{vos}$ | requinta | requintamos | requintáis | requintan |
| indicative | imperfect | requintaba | requintabas | requintaba | requintábamos | requintabais | requintaban |
| indicative | preterite | requinté | requintaste | requintó | requintamos | requintasteis | requintaron |
| indicative | future | requintaré | requintarás | requintará | requintaremos | requintaréis | requintarán |
| indicative | conditional | requintaría | requintarías | requintaría | requintaríamos | requintaríais | requintarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | requinte | requintes$^{tú}$ requintés$^{vos2}$ | requinte | requintemos | requintéis | requinten |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | requintara | requintaras | requintara | requintáramos | requintarais | requintaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | requintase | requintases | requintase | requintásemos | requintaseis | requintasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | requintare | requintares | requintare | requintáremos | requintareis | requintaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | requinta$^{tú}$ requintá$^{vos}$ | requinte | requintemos | requintad | requinten |
| imperative | negative | | no requintes | no requinte | no requintemos | no requintéis | no requinten |
$^1$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

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