recobrar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin recuperāre. Doublet of recuperar, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rə.kuˈβɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rə.koˈbɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [re.koˈbɾaɾ]

Verb

recobrar (first-person singular present recobro, first-person singular preterite recobrí, past participle recobrat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to recover, to retrieve, to regain
2. (reflexive) to recover (to get better, regain one's health)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recobrar (first conjugation)

infinitive			recobrar
gerund			recobrant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		recobrat		recobrada
		plural		recobrats		recobrades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	recobro	recobres	recobra	recobrem	recobreu	recobren
	imperfect	recobrava	recobraves	recobrava	recobràvem	recobràveu	recobraven
	future	recobraré	recobraràs	recobrarà	recobrarem	recobrareu	recobraran
	preterite	recobrí	recobrares	recobrà	recobràrem	recobràreu	recobraren
	conditional	recobraria	recobraries	recobraria	recobraríem	recobraríeu	recobrarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	recobri	recobris	recobri	recobrem	recobreu	recobrin
	imperfect	recobrés	recobressis	recobrés	recobréssim	recobréssiu	recobressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	recobra	recobri	recobrem	recobreu	recobrin
	negative (no)	—	no recobris	no recobri	no recobrem	no recobreu	no recobrin

Further reading

• “recobrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “recobrar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “recobrar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “recobrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Latin recuperāre. Doublet of recuperar, which was borrowed. Compare Spanish recobrar, Portuguese cobrar. Attested since the 13th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rekoˈβɾaɾ]

Verb

recobrar (first-person singular present recobro, first-person singular preterite recobrei, past participle recobrado)

1. to recover, regain, restore
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 640:

     Et oiemais sõo tornado pobre et catiuo et desconsellado, sen asperança de nũca seer mais ledo, nẽ rrecobrar ia mais.

     And henceforth I've become poor and small and deprived of advice, with no hope to be happy ever again, nor to recover never more

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recobrar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	recobrar
Personal	recobrar	recobrares	recobrar	recobrarmos	recobrardes	recobraren
Gerund
	recobrando
Past participle
Masculine	recobrado			recobrados
Feminine	recobrada			recobradas
Indicative
Present	recobro	recobras	recobra	recobramos	recobrades	recobran
Imperfect	recobraba	recobrabas	recobraba	recobrabamos	recobrabades	recobraban
Preterite	recobrei	recobraches	recobrou	recobramos	recobrastes	recobraron
Pluperfect	recobrara	recobraras	recobrara	recobraramos	recobrarades	recobraran
Future	recobrarei	recobrarás	recobrará	recobraremos	recobraredes	recobrarán
Conditional	recobraría	recobrarías	recobraría	recobrariamos	recobrariades	recobrarían
Subjunctive
Present	recobre	recobres	recobre	recobremos	recobredes	recobren
Imperfect	recobrase	recobrases	recobrase	recobrásemos	recobrásedes	recobrasen
Future	recobrar	recobrares	recobrar	recobrarmos	recobrardes	recobraren
Imperative
Affirmative		recobra	recobre	recobremos	recobrade	recobren
Negative (non)		non recobres	non recobre	non recobremos	non recobredes	non recobren

    Reintegrated conjugation of recobrar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	recobrar
Personal	recobrar	recobrares	recobrar	recobrarmos	recobrardes	recobrarem
Gerund
	recobrando
Past participle
Masculine	recobrado			recobrados
Feminine	recobrada			recobradas
Indicative
Present	recobro	recobras	recobra	recobramos	recobrades, recobrais	recobram
Imperfect	recobrava	recobravas	recobrava	recobrávamos	recobrávades, recobráveis, recobrávais1	recobravam
Preterite	recobrei	recobraste, recobrache1	recobrou	recobramos	recobrastes	recobrárom, recobraram
Pluperfect	recobrara	recobraras	recobrara	recobráramos	recobrárades, recobráreis, recobrárais1	recobraram
Future	recobrarei	recobrarás	recobrará	recobraremos	recobraredes, recobrareis	recobrarám, recobrarão
Conditional	recobraria	recobrarias	recobraria	recobraríamos	recobraríades, recobraríeis, recobraríais1	recobrariam
Subjunctive
Present	recobre	recobres	recobre	recobremos	recobredes, recobreis	recobrem
Imperfect	recobrasse	recobrasses	recobrasse	recobrássemos	recobrássedes, recobrásseis	recobrassem
Future	recobrar	recobrares	recobrar	recobrarmos	recobrardes	recobrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		recobra	recobre	recobremos	recobrade, recobrai	recobrem
Negative (nom)		nom recobres	nom recobre	nom recobremos	nom recobredes, nom recobreis	nom recobrem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• cobrar
• recobrazón
• recobramento

References

• “recobrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “recobr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “recobrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “recobrar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Further reading

• “recobrar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “recobrar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish recobrar, from Latin recuperāre. Doublet of recuperar, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rekoˈbɾaɾ/ [re.koˈβ̞ɾaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧co‧brar

Verb

recobrar (first-person singular present recobro, first-person singular preterite recobré, past participle recobrado)

1. (transitive) to recover, regain
2. (reflexive) to recuperate

   Synonym: recuperar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recobrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			recobrar
gerund			recobrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		recobrado		recobrada
		plural		recobrados		recobradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	recobro	recobrastú recobrásvos	recobra	recobramos	recobráis	recobran
	imperfect	recobraba	recobrabas	recobraba	recobrábamos	recobrabais	recobraban
	preterite	recobré	recobraste	recobró	recobramos	recobrasteis	recobraron
	future	recobraré	recobrarás	recobrará	recobraremos	recobraréis	recobrarán
	conditional	recobraría	recobrarías	recobraría	recobraríamos	recobraríais	recobrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	recobre	recobrestú recobrésvos2	recobre	recobremos	recobréis	recobren
	imperfect (ra)	recobrara	recobraras	recobrara	recobráramos	recobrarais	recobraran
	imperfect (se)	recobrase	recobrases	recobrase	recobrásemos	recobraseis	recobrasen
	future1	recobrare	recobrares	recobrare	recobráremos	recobrareis	recobraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		recobratú recobrávos	recobre	recobremos	recobrad	recobren
	negative		no recobres	no recobre	no recobremos	no recobréis	no recobren

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of recobrar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive recobrar
	dative	recobrarme	recobrarte	recobrarle, recobrarse	recobrarnos	recobraros	recobrarles, recobrarse
	accusative	recobrarme	recobrarte	recobrarlo, recobrarla, recobrarse	recobrarnos	recobraros	recobrarlos, recobrarlas, recobrarse
with gerund recobrando
	dative	recobrándome	recobrándote	recobrándole, recobrándose	recobrándonos	recobrándoos	recobrándoles, recobrándose
	accusative	recobrándome	recobrándote	recobrándolo, recobrándola, recobrándose	recobrándonos	recobrándoos	recobrándolos, recobrándolas, recobrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative recobra
	dative	recóbrame	recóbrate	recóbrale	recóbranos	not used	recóbrales
	accusative	recóbrame	recóbrate	recóbralo, recóbrala	recóbranos	not used	recóbralos, recóbralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative recobrá
	dative	recobrame	recobrate	recobrale	recobranos	not used	recobrales
	accusative	recobrame	recobrate	recobralo, recobrala	recobranos	not used	recobralos, recobralas
with formal second-person singular imperative recobre
	dative	recóbreme	not used	recóbrele, recóbrese	recóbrenos	not used	recóbreles
	accusative	recóbreme	not used	recóbrelo, recóbrela, recóbrese	recóbrenos	not used	recóbrelos, recóbrelas
with first-person plural imperative recobremos
	dative	not used	recobrémoste	recobrémosle	recobrémonos	recobrémoos	recobrémosles
	accusative	not used	recobrémoste	recobrémoslo, recobrémosla	recobrémonos	recobrémoos	recobrémoslos, recobrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative recobrad
	dative	recobradme	not used	recobradle	recobradnos	recobraos	recobradles
	accusative	recobradme	not used	recobradlo, recobradla	recobradnos	recobraos	recobradlos, recobradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative recobren
	dative	recóbrenme	not used	recóbrenle	recóbrennos	not used	recóbrenles, recóbrense
	accusative	recóbrenme	not used	recóbrenlo, recóbrenla	recóbrennos	not used	recóbrenlos, recóbrenlas, recóbrense

Further reading

• “recobrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014