recobrar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin recuperāre. Doublet of recuperar, which was borrowed.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
recobrar (first-person singular present recobro, first-person singular preterite recobrí, past participle recobrat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/
- (transitive) to recover, to retrieve, to regain
- (reflexive) to recover (to get better, regain one's health)
Conjugation edit
Further reading edit
- “recobrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “recobrar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “recobrar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “recobrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin recuperāre. Doublet of recuperar, which was borrowed. Compare Spanish recobrar, Portuguese cobrar. Attested since the 13th century.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
recobrar (first-person singular present recobro, first-person singular preterite recobrei, past participle recobrado)
- to recover, regain, restore
- 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 640:
- Et oiemais sõo tornado pobre et catiuo et desconsellado, sen asperança de nũca seer mais ledo, nẽ rrecobrar ia mais.
- And henceforth I've become poor and small and deprived of advice, with no hope to be happy ever again, nor to recover never more
Conjugation edit
1Less recommended.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “recobrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “recobr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “recobrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “recobrar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Further reading edit
- “recobrar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “recobrar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish recobrar, from Latin recuperāre. Doublet of recuperar, a borrowing.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
recobrar (first-person singular present recobro, first-person singular preterite recobré, past participle recobrado)
- (transitive) to recover, regain
- (reflexive) to recuperate
- Synonym: recuperar
Conjugation edit
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading edit
- “recobrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014