recuperar
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.ku.peˈɾa(ʁ)/
recuperar is spelled R-E-C-U-P-E-R-A-R (9 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,831st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recuperar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to recover” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “recobrar o perdido”.
What does recuperar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to recover
- 2
to restore, renovate (bring back to a previous condition, e.g. a building or painting)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. recobrar o perdido: 2. restaurar o que estava decadente; consertar 3. reinserir na vida social, familiar e/ou no trabalho, alguém que se afastara; regenerar; reabilitar 4. ficar de novo saudável, restabelecer-se
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 recuperar
- recupero first-person present singular
- recuperei first-person preterite singular
- recuperado participle past
- recuperares infinitive second-person singular
- recuperarmos first-person infinitive plural
- recuperardes infinitive plural second-person
- recuperarem infinitive plural third-person
- recuperando gerund
- recuperados masculine participle past
- recuperada feminine participle past
- recuperadas feminine participle past
- recuperas indicative present second-person
- recupera indicative present singular
- recuperamos first-person indicative plural
- recuperais indicative plural present
- recuperam indicative plural present
- recuperava first-person imperfect indicative
- recuperavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recuperar?
- Brazil /ʁe.ku.peˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.ku.peˈɾa(h)]
- /ʁe.ku.peˈɾa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
recuperar appears 32 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).