# recuperar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recuperāre, from earlier reciperāre. Doublet of recobrar, which was inherited.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [rə.ku.pəˈɾa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [re.ku.peˈɾaɾ]

### Verb

recuperar (first-person singular present recupero, first-person singular preterite recuperí, past participle recuperat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* (intransitive) to recover, recuperate
** 2009, Jean Grave, Les Aventures d'en Nono:Finalment, quand tots van haver reposat i recuperatFinally, when everyone had rested and recuperated

#### Related terms

* recuperació

### Further reading

* “recuperar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “recuperar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “recuperar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “recuperar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin recuperāre, from earlier reciperāre. Doublet of recobrar, which was inherited.

### Verb

recuperar (first-person singular present recupero, first-person singular preterite recuperei, past participle recuperado)
* (intransitive) to recover, recuperate
    Synonym: sandar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* recuperación

### Further reading

* “recuperar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “recuperar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recuperāre, from earlier reciperāre. Doublet of recobrar, which was inherited.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.ku.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [he.ku.peˈɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.ku.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [he.ku.peˈɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʁe.ku.peˈɾa(ɾ)/ [he.ku.peˈɾa(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁe.ku.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [χe.ku.peˈɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.ku.peˈɾa(ɻ)/ [he.ku.peˈɾa(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.ku.pɨˈɾaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.ku.pɨˈɾaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.ku.pɨˈɾa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: re‧cu‧pe‧rar

### Verb

recuperar (first-person singular present recupero, first-person singular preterite recuperei, past participle recuperado)
* (transitive) to recover
* (transitive) to restore, renovate (bring back to a previous condition, e.g. a building or painting)
    Synonym: restaurar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* recuperação

### Further reading

* “recuperar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “recuperar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “recuperar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “recuperar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “recuperar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “recuperar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recuperāre, from earlier reciperāre. Doublet of recobrar, which was inherited.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rekupeˈɾaɾ/ [re.ku.peˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: re‧cu‧pe‧rar

### Verb

recuperar (first-person singular present recupero, first-person singular preterite recuperé, past participle recuperado)
* (transitive) to recover
** 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 15:En Chile […] existió la costumbre de enterrar dinero y joyas de valor, con el objeto de ponerlos a cubierto de la rapacidad de los vencedores. Por diversas causas, muchos de esos entierros […] no fueron recuperados por sus dueños, y ahí se quedaron, aguardando al que tuviera la fortuna de encontrarlos.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (reflexive) to recuperate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* recuperación

### Further reading

* “recuperar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10