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rehacer Present Conjugation

rehacer — to redo

B1irregular -er★★★★
Quick answer:

Rehacer is irregular only in the 'yo' form (rehago); all other forms follow the regular -er pattern.

rehacer Present Forms

yorehago
túrehaces
él/ella/ustedrehace
nosotrosrehacemos
vosotrosrehacéis
ellos/ellas/ustedesrehacen

When to Use the Present

Use this for current actions or habits involving redoing something, like 'I often redo my work.'

Notes on rehacer in the Present

Only the first person singular is irregular (rehago). The rest (rehaces, rehace, etc.) are regular -er endings.

Example Sentences

  • Siempre rehago mis apuntes después de clase.

    I always redo my notes after class.

    yo

  • ¿Por qué rehaces el dibujo?

    Why are you redoing the drawing?

    tú

  • Nosotros rehacemos el contrato cada año.

    We redo the contract every year.

    nosotros

Common Mistakes

  • Mistake: Saying 'rehaco' for the yo form.

    Correct: rehago

    Why: Just like 'hacer' becomes 'hago', 'rehacer' requires the 'g' in the first person.

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Related Tenses

Preterite

yo: rehice

Rehacer is highly irregular in the preterite, changing to a 'hic' stem: rehice, rehiciste, rehizo, rehicimos, rehicisteis, rehicieron.

Imperfect

yo: rehacía

Rehacer is completely regular in the imperfect: rehacía, rehacías, rehacía, rehacíamos, rehacíais, rehacían.

Future

yo: reharé

The future of rehacer uses the irregular stem 'rehar-': reharé, reharás, rehará, reharemos, reharéis, reharán.

Conditional

yo: reharía

The conditional of rehacer uses the irregular stem 'rehar-': reharía, reharías, reharía, reharíamos, reharíais, reharían.

Present Subjunctive

yo: rehaga

Rehacer uses a 'g' stem in the present subjunctive: rehaga, rehagas, rehaga, rehagamos, rehagáis, rehagan.

Imperfect Subjunctive

yo: rehiciera

The imperfect subjunctive of rehacer uses the 'hic-' stem: rehiciera, rehicieras, rehiciera, rehiciéramos, rehicierais, rehicieran.

Affirmative Imperative

yo: rehaz

The affirmative commands for rehacer are: rehaz (tú), rehaga (usted), rehagamos (nosotros), rehaced (vosotros), rehagan (ustedes).

Negative Imperative

yo: no rehagas

Negative commands use the present subjunctive forms: no rehagas, no rehaga, no rehagamos, no rehagáis, no rehagan.