recoger
Spanish, verb/rekoˈxeɾ/
recoger is spelled R-E-C-O-G-E-R (7 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,150th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recoger is a Spanish verb meaning “to collect, to gather, to pick up, to fetch, to retrieve (something previously left behind)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Volver a tomar una cosa”.
What does recoger mean in English?
verb
- 1
to collect, to gather, to pick up, to fetch, to retrieve (something previously left behind)
- 2
to pick up (a person or people by vehicle)
- 3
to clean up (e.g., a room)
- 4
to pack up
- 5
to harvest, reap (fruit)
- 6
to pick up on, glean, capture (e.g., a point, a link, distinction, subtlety, ambiguity, etc.)
Según lo recogido en...
- 7
to reflect
- 8
to go to bed
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Volver a tomar una cosa. 2. Coger una cosa caída o algo del suelo 3. Juntar personas o cosas dispersas. 4. Dar asilo, albergue.
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 recoger
- recojo first-person present singular
- recogí first-person preterite singular
- recogido participle past
- g-j alternation
- recogiendo gerund
- recogida feminine participle past
- recogidos masculine participle past
- recogidas feminine participle past
- recoges indicative informal present
- recogés indicative informal present
- recoge indicative present singular
- recogemos first-person indicative plural
- recogéis indicative plural present
- recogen indicative plural present
- recogía first-person imperfect indicative
- recogías imperfect indicative second-person
- recogíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- recogíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recoger?
- /rekoˈxeɾ/
- [re.koˈxeɾ]
- [rekoˈxeɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to recoger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recoger in Spanish?
recoger appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).