# reivindicar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Back-formation from reivindicació.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [rə.i.βin.diˈka]
* IPA: (Balearic) [rə.i.vin.diˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [re.i.vin.diˈkaɾ]
* Audio (Barcelona):(file)

### Verb

reivindicar (first-person singular present reivindico, first-person singular preterite reivindiquí, past participle reivindicat)(transitive)
* to reclaim, to claim (responsibility, etc)
* to demand
* to recover, take back, get back
* to reestablish
* to vindicate, to restore (reputation, etc.)

#### Synonyms

* (reclaim): reclamar
* (demand): demanar
* (take back): recuperar
* (reestablish): restablir
* (vindicate): vindicar

#### Derived terms

* reivindicable
* reivindicador
* reivindicatiu
* reivindicatori

#### Related terms

* vindicar

### Further reading

* “reivindicar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reī vindicāre (“to claim a thing”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁej.vĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [heɪ̯.vĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁej.vĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [heɪ̯.vĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʁej.vĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(ɾ)/ [heɪ̯.vĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁej.vĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [χeɪ̯.vĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁej.vĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(ɻ)/ [heɪ̯.vĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɐj.vĩ.diˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɐj.vĩ.diˈkaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ʁej.bĩ.diˈkaɾ/ [ʁej.βĩ.diˈkaɾ]
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ʁej.vĩ.diˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁe.vĩ.diˈka.ɾi/

### Verb

reivindicar (first-person singular present reivindico, first-person singular preterite reivindiquei, past participle reivindicado)
* to claim, assert
* to reclaim
* to vindicate

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* reivindicação

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /reibindiˈkaɾ/ [rei̯.β̞ĩn̪.d̪iˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: rei‧vin‧di‧car

### Verb

reivindicar (first-person singular present reivindico, first-person singular preterite reivindiqué, past participle reivindicado)
* to reestablish or promote again the value of something; to stand up for
    Reivindicar el estudio de clásicas. ― To reestablish the value of studying Classics.
** 2014, Carmen Pereira-Muro, Culturas de España §9.p. 267:En música cabe destacar figuras como el compositor Isaac Albéniz, o el cellista Pau Casals, o al nivel de la cultura popular el grupo de la “Nova Cançó” catalana (Raimon, Joan Manuel Serrat, Lluis Llach, etc.), que reivindicó la canción en catalán en los últimos años de la dictadura.In music, it is worth highlighting people such as the composer Isaac Albéniz, or the cellist Pau Casals, or at the level of popular culture the circle of the Catalan Nova Cançó (Raimon, Joan Manuel Serrat, Lluis Llach, etc.) which reestablished the value of Catalan songs in the later years of the dictatorship.
** 2010-03-20, T. Obrador Manacor, Diario de Mallorca https://www.diariodemallorca.es/part-forana/2010/03/20/reivindican-responsabilidad-social-empresas/554905.html:Reivindican la responsabilidad social de todas las empresas. La sala de actos de la Associació Cultural s'Agrícola acogió ayer la presentación de la hoja de ruta 2008-11 para impulsar la responsabilidad social empresarial.Social Responsibility of All Companies Promoted. The event room of the Cultural Association of Agriculture hosted yesterday the presentation of the 2008-11 plan to promote social responsibility among businesses.
* to claim something (often with a negative connotation)
** 2019-07-01, ABC Internacional, ABC Internacional https://www.abc.es/internacional/abci-fuerte-explosion-deja-menos-68-heridos-centro-kabul-201907010822_noticia.html:Los talibanes reivindican el atentado que ha dejado 11 muertos y 65 heridos en KabulThe Taliban claim the bombing that left 11 dead and 65 wounded in Kabul.
* to demand
* (law) to replevy, demand the return of something illegally taken away
** 1868 November 9, José María de Pereda, El tío Cayetano:La nueva ley reivindicaba mis títulos, desconocidos por el antiguo régimenThe new law reinstated my titles, unrecognized by the former regime

#### Conjugation

$^1$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.

#### Related terms

* reivindicable
* reivindicación
* reivindicador
* reivindicativo
* vindicar

### Further reading

* “reivindicar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10