reembolsar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Old Galician-Portuguese re-

Portuguese re-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Old Galician-Portuguese en-

Portuguese en-

Portuguese em-

Portuguese bolsa

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese embolsar

Portuguese reembolsar

From re- + embolsar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ẽ.bowˈsa(ʁ)/ [he.ẽ.boʊ̯ˈsa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ẽ.bowˈsa(ʁ)/ [he.ẽ.boʊ̯ˈsa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ẽ.bowˈsa(ɾ)/ [he.ẽ.boʊ̯ˈsa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ẽ.bowˈsa(ʁ)/ [χe.ẽ.boʊ̯ˈsa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ẽ.bowˈsa(ɻ)/ [he.ẽ.boʊ̯ˈsa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁjẽ.bolˈsaɾ/ [ʁjẽ.boɫˈsaɾ], /ʁjẽ.bɔlˈsaɾ/ [ʁjẽ.bɔɫˈsaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁjẽ.bolˈsaɾ/ [ʁjẽ.boɫˈsaɾ], /ʁjẽ.bɔlˈsaɾ/ [ʁjẽ.bɔɫˈsaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁjẽ.bolˈsa.ɾi/ [ʁjẽ.boɫˈsa.ɾi], /ʁjẽ.bɔlˈsa.ɾi/ [ʁjẽ.bɔɫˈsa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: re‧em‧bol‧sar

Verb

reembolsar (first-person singular present reembolso, first-person singular preterite reembolsei, past participle reembolsado)

1. to reimburse, refund, repay

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reembolsar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular	Plural
First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	reembolsar
Personal	reembolsar	reembolsares	reembolsar	reembolsarmos	reembolsardes	reembolsarem
Gerund
	reembolsando
Past participle
Masculine	reembolsado	reembolsados
Feminine	reembolsada	reembolsadas
Indicative
Present	reembolso	reembolsas	reembolsa	reembolsamos	reembolsais	reembolsam
Imperfect	reembolsava	reembolsavas	reembolsava	reembolsávamos	reembolsáveis	reembolsavam
Preterite	reembolsei	reembolsaste	reembolsou	reembolsamos1, reembolsámos2	reembolsastes	reembolsaram
Pluperfect	reembolsara	reembolsaras	reembolsara	reembolsáramos	reembolsáreis	reembolsaram
Future	reembolsarei	reembolsarás	reembolsará	reembolsaremos	reembolsareis	reembolsarão
Conditional	reembolsaria	reembolsarias	reembolsaria	reembolsaríamos	reembolsaríeis	reembolsariam
Subjunctive
Present	reembolse	reembolses	reembolse	reembolsemos	reembolseis	reembolsem
Imperfect	reembolsasse	reembolsasses	reembolsasse	reembolsássemos	reembolsásseis	reembolsassem
Future	reembolsar	reembolsares	reembolsar	reembolsarmos	reembolsardes	reembolsarem
Imperative
Affirmative		reembolsa	reembolse	reembolsemos	reembolsai	reembolsem
Negative (não)	não reembolses	não reembolse	não reembolsemos	não reembolseis	não reembolsem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “reembolsar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “reembolsar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Spanish re-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Old Spanish en-

Spanish en-

Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa)der.

Late Latin bursa

Spanish bolsa

Spanish -ar

Spanish embolsar

Spanish reembolsar

From re- + embolsar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reembolˈsaɾ/ [re.ẽm.bolˈsaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧em‧bol‧sar

Verb

reembolsar (first-person singular present reembolso, first-person singular preterite reembolsé, past participle reembolsado)

1. (transitive) to reimburse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reembolsar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive	reembolsar
gerund	reembolsando
past participle		masculine	feminine
singular	reembolsado	reembolsada
plural	reembolsados	reembolsadas
	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	reembolso	reembolsastú reembolsásvos	reembolsa	reembolsamos	reembolsáis	reembolsan
imperfect	reembolsaba	reembolsabas	reembolsaba	reembolsábamos	reembolsabais	reembolsaban
preterite	reembolsé	reembolsaste	reembolsó	reembolsamos	reembolsasteis	reembolsaron
future	reembolsaré	reembolsarás	reembolsará	reembolsaremos	reembolsaréis	reembolsarán
conditional	reembolsaría	reembolsarías	reembolsaría	reembolsaríamos	reembolsaríais	reembolsarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
present	reembolse	reembolsestú reembolsésvos2	reembolse	reembolsemos	reembolséis	reembolsen
imperfect (ra)	reembolsara	reembolsaras	reembolsara	reembolsáramos	reembolsarais	reembolsaran
imperfect (se)	reembolsase	reembolsases	reembolsase	reembolsásemos	reembolsaseis	reembolsasen
future1	reembolsare	reembolsares	reembolsare	reembolsáremos	reembolsareis	reembolsaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
affirmative		reembolsatú reembolsávos	reembolse	reembolsemos	reembolsad	reembolsen
negative		no reembolses	no reembolse	no reembolsemos	no reembolséis	no reembolsen

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

    Selected combined forms of reembolsar

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 reembolsar	dative	reembolsarme	reembolsarte	reembolsarle, reembolsarse	reembolsarnos	reembolsaros	reembolsarles, reembolsarse
accusative	reembolsarme	reembolsarte	reembolsarlo, reembolsarla, reembolsarse	reembolsarnos	reembolsaros	reembolsarlos, reembolsarlas, reembolsarse
with gerund reembolsando	dative	reembolsándome	reembolsándote	reembolsándole, reembolsándose	reembolsándonos	reembolsándoos	reembolsándoles, reembolsándose
accusative	reembolsándome	reembolsándote	reembolsándolo, reembolsándola, reembolsándose	reembolsándonos	reembolsándoos	reembolsándolos, reembolsándolas, reembolsándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative reembolsa	dative	reembólsame	reembólsate	reembólsale	reembólsanos	not used	reembólsales
accusative	reembólsame	reembólsate	reembólsalo, reembólsala	reembólsanos	not used	reembólsalos, reembólsalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative reembolsá	dative	reembolsame	reembolsate	reembolsale	reembolsanos	not used	reembolsales
accusative	reembolsame	reembolsate	reembolsalo, reembolsala	reembolsanos	not used	reembolsalos, reembolsalas
with formal second-person singular imperative reembolse	dative	reembólseme	not used	reembólsele, reembólsese	reembólsenos	not used	reembólseles
accusative	reembólseme	not used	reembólselo, reembólsela, reembólsese	reembólsenos	not used	reembólselos, reembólselas
with first-person plural imperative reembolsemos	dative	not used	reembolsémoste	reembolsémosle	reembolsémonos	reembolsémoos	reembolsémosles
accusative	not used	reembolsémoste	reembolsémoslo, reembolsémosla	reembolsémonos	reembolsémoos	reembolsémoslos, reembolsémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative reembolsad	dative	reembolsadme	not used	reembolsadle	reembolsadnos	reembolsaos	reembolsadles
accusative	reembolsadme	not used	reembolsadlo, reembolsadla	reembolsadnos	reembolsaos	reembolsadlos, reembolsadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative reembolsen	dative	reembólsenme	not used	reembólsenle	reembólsennos	not used	reembólsenles, reembólsense
accusative	reembólsenme	not used	reembólsenlo, reembólsenla	reembólsennos	not used	reembólsenlos, reembólsenlas, reembólsense

Alternative forms

• rembolsar

Derived terms

• reembolsable
• reembolso

Further reading

• “reembolsar”, 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