reunír

Reunír is the Spanish verb family whose standard infinitive spelling is reunIR. The form with an acute accent on the í is not the conventional infinitive in modern Spanish; it may appear in dictionaries or pedagogical contexts to indicate stress in certain conjugations, but it is not used as the base form.

The primary meaning of reunIR is to bring together or to assemble, and it can denote reuniting people, groups, or things, as well as gathering items or information. It is used transitively with a direct object: reunir a alguien or reunir cosas. It can also be used in the reflexive form reunirse, meaning to meet or to come together with others or with a particular group.

Etymologically, reunír comes from Latin reunire, formed from re- (again) and unire (to unite). The noun reunión (a meeting or gathering) and the adjective reunido (joined, gathered) derive from this verb.

Conjugation and usage notes: reunIR is a regular -ir verb with some stress-shifting in the present tense. In present indicative, common forms are: yo reúno, tú reúnes, él reúne, nosotros reunimos, vosotros reunís, ellos reúnen. The vosotros form carries a written accent on í. The preterite is reuní, reuniste, reunió, reunimos, reunisteis, reunieron. Subjunctive present forms include reúna, reúnas, reúna, reunamos, reunáis, reúnan. The imperfect and other moods follow standard -ir patterns, with occasional alternative endings in certain dialects.

Related forms include the noun reunión (“meeting”), the adjective reunido (“gathered, joined”), and the verb reunirse, the pronominal form meaning “to meet” or “to gather with.” Examples: “La empresa reunió a los empleados” and “Los familiares se reunieron para celebrar.”