recobrir
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.koˈbɾi(ʁ)/
recobrir is spelled R-E-C-O-B-R-I-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 118,367th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recobrir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to cover completely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar a cobrir”.
What does recobrir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cover completely
- 2
to overlay
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar a cobrir 2. cobrir completamente
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of recobrir
- recubro first-person present singular
- recobre present singular third-person
- recobri first-person preterite singular
- recoberto participle past
- u-o alternation
- recobrires infinitive second-person singular
- recobrirmos first-person infinitive plural
- recobrirdes infinitive plural second-person
- recobrirem infinitive plural third-person
- recobrindo gerund
- recobertos masculine participle past
- recoberta feminine participle past
- recobertas feminine participle past
- recobres indicative present second-person
- recobrimos first-person indicative plural
- recobris indicative plural present
- recobrem indicative plural present
- recobria first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recobrir?
- Brazil /ʁe.koˈbɾi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.koˈbɾi(h)]
- /ʁe.koˈbɾi(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is recobrir in Portuguese?
recobrir appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).