recuperar
Spanish, verb/rekupeˈɾaɾ/
recuperar is spelled R-E-C-U-P-E-R-A-R (9 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,342nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recuperar is a Spanish verb meaning “to recover” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Volver a tomar o cobrar alguna cosa que antes se poseyó”.
What does recuperar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to recover
- 2
to recuperate
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 o cobrar alguna cosa que antes se poseyó. 2. Volver a poner en servicio algo que ya se considera inservible. 3. Tomar un examen adicional para aprobar un curso, después de haber fallado en un intento anterior.
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 recuperar
- recupero first-person present singular
- recuperé first-person preterite singular
- recuperado participle past
- recuperando gerund
- recuperada feminine participle past
- recuperados masculine participle past
- recuperadas feminine participle past
- recuperas indicative informal present
- recuperás indicative informal present
- recupera indicative present singular
- recuperamos first-person indicative plural
- recuperáis indicative plural present
- recuperan indicative plural present
- recuperaba first-person imperfect indicative
- recuperabas imperfect indicative second-person
- recuperábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- recuperabais imperfect indicative plural
- recuperaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recuperar?
- /rekupeˈɾaɾ/
- [re.ku.peˈɾaɾ]
- [rekupeˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to recuperar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recuperar in Spanish?
recuperar appears 36 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).