reanuda

Reanuda is the third-person singular present indicative form of the Spanish verb reanudar, which means to resume or to continue after an interruption. The term comes from the prefix re- meaning again or anew, combined with an older root related to uniting or tying, and by extension to starting again after a pause. In modern usage, reanudar denotes restarting a process, activity, event, or state that had been paused.

Reanudar is a regular -ar verb. Its principal forms in the present tense are reanudo, reanudas, reanuda, reanudamos, reanudáis, reanudan. The participle is reanudado, and the gerund is reanudando. The noun form related to the concept is reanudación, referring to the act of resuming.

Usage notes: reanudar is transitive and commonly used with subjects that resume an action or process. Examples include reanuda un trabajo, reanudan las negociaciones, or un tren que reanuda su viaje. In many contexts, it attends formal or written language, such as announcements, reports, or instructions. The phrase se reanudó is frequently used to indicate that something has resumed in the passive sense, after a pause or break.

See also: reanudación, reanudado. These relate terms cover the act and the state of resuming, as well as the past participle form used in various tenses and voices.