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recaudar

Spanish, verb/rekauˈdaɾ/

recaudar is a Spanish verb meaning “to collect, raise (especially funds)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cobrar o percibir las rentas, caudales, o algún dinero”.

What does recaudar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to collect, raise (especially funds)

    recaudar impuestos

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Cobrar o percibir las rentas, caudales, o algún dinero. 2. Asegurar, poner o tener en custodia. 3. Conseguir con instancias o súplicas lo que se desea.

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 recaudar

  • recaudo first-person present singular
  • recaudé first-person preterite singular
  • recaudado participle past
  • recaudando gerund
  • recaudada feminine participle past
  • recaudados masculine participle past
  • recaudadas feminine participle past
  • recaudas indicative informal present
  • recaudás indicative informal present
  • recauda indicative present singular
  • recaudamos first-person indicative plural
  • recaudáis indicative plural present
  • recaudan indicative plural present
  • recaudaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • recaudabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • recaudábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • recaudabais imperfect indicative plural
  • recaudaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce recaudar?

  • /rekauˈdaɾ/
  • [re.kau̯ˈð̞aɾ]
  • [rekawˈð̞aɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to recaudar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is recaudar in Spanish?

recaudar appears 5.5 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).