# refractar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from English refract.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [rə.fɾəkˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [re.fɾakˈtaɾ]

### Verb

refractar (first-person singular present refracto, first-person singular preterite refractí, past participle refractat)
* (transitive) to refract
* (pronominal) to refract
    La llum es refracta en passar d'un medi a un altre.Light refracts when passing from one medium to another.

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | refractar | refractar | refractar | refractar | refractar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | refractant | refractant | refractant | refractant | refractant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | refractat | refractat | refractada | refractada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | refractats | refractats | refractades | refractades |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | refracto | refractes | refracta | refractem | refracteu | refracten |
| indicative | imperfect | refractava | refractaves | refractava | refractàvem | refractàveu | refractaven |
| indicative | future | refractaré | refractaràs | refractarà | refractarem | refractareu | refractaran |
| indicative | preterite | refractí | refractares | refractà | refractàrem | refractàreu | refractaren |
| indicative | conditional | refractaria | refractaries | refractaria | refractaríem | refractaríeu | refractarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | refracti | refractis | refracti | refractem | refracteu | refractin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | refractés | refractessis | refractés | refractéssim | refractéssiu | refractessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | refracta | refracti | refractem | refracteu | refractin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no refractis | no refracti | no refractem | no refracteu | no refractin |

#### Related terms

* refractiu

### Further reading

* “refractar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French réfractaire, from Latin refractarius.

### Adjective

refractar m or n (feminine singular refractară, masculine plural refractari, feminine and neuter plural refractare)
* refractory

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin refrāctum, neuter form of refrāctus, the perfect passive participle of refringō, itself from re- (“again”) + frangō (“to break”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /refɾaɡˈtaɾ/ [re.fɾaɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: re‧frac‧tar

### Verb

refractar (first-person singular present refracto, first-person singular preterite refracté, past participle refractado)
* (transitive, optics) to refract

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | refractar | refractar | refractar | refractar | refractar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | refractando | refractando | refractando | refractando | refractando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | refractado | refractado | refractada | refractada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | refractados | refractados | refractadas | refractadas |
| | | 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 | refracto | refractas$^{tú}$ refractás$^{vos}$ | refracta | refractamos | refractáis | refractan |
| indicative | imperfect | refractaba | refractabas | refractaba | refractábamos | refractabais | refractaban |
| indicative | preterite | refracté | refractaste | refractó | refractamos | refractasteis | refractaron |
| indicative | future | refractaré | refractarás | refractará | refractaremos | refractaréis | refractarán |
| indicative | conditional | refractaría | refractarías | refractaría | refractaríamos | refractaríais | refractarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | refracte | refractes$^{tú}$ refractés$^{vos2}$ | refracte | refractemos | refractéis | refracten |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | refractara | refractaras | refractara | refractáramos | refractarais | refractaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | refractase | refractases | refractase | refractásemos | refractaseis | refractasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | refractare | refractares | refractare | refractáremos | refractareis | refractaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | refracta$^{tú}$ refractá$^{vos}$ | refracte | refractemos | refractad | refracten |
| imperative | negative | | no refractes | no refracte | no refractemos | no refractéis | no refracten |
$^1$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

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