convalecer
Spanish, verb/kombaleˈθeɾ/
convalecer is spelled C-O-N-V-A-L-E-C-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written Spanish, the 268,459th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Convalecer is a Spanish verb meaning “to convalesce, recover, get better” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Recobrar las fuerzas que por alguna enfermedad se habían perdido”.
What does convalecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to convalesce, recover, get better
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Recobrar las fuerzas que por alguna enfermedad se habían perdido. 2. Recobrar sus fuerzas o prosperidad perdida. 3. Recuperarse luego de una intervención quirúrgica.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of convalecer
- convalezco first-person present singular
- convalecí first-person preterite singular
- convalecido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- convaleciendo gerund
- convalecida feminine participle past
- convalecidos masculine participle past
- convalecidas feminine participle past
- convaleces indicative informal present
- convalecés indicative informal present
- convalece indicative present singular
- convalecemos first-person indicative plural
- convalecéis indicative plural present
- convalecen indicative plural present
- convalecía first-person imperfect indicative
- convalecías imperfect indicative second-person
- convalecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- convalecíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce convalecer?
- /kombaleˈθeɾ/
- [kõm.ba.leˈθeɾ]
- /kombaleˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to convalecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is convalecer in Spanish?
convalecer appears about once in every 59 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).