🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

recuperar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: he-ku-pe-rar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Regain/rɪˈɡeɪn/
verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ela conseguiu recuperar a compostura rapidamente."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To succeed in getting something back, especially something that was lost or taken away.

    "She worked hard to regain her confidence after the difficult setback."
  2. 2

    To reach a place or state again after losing it.

    "The injured runner struggled to regain his position in the leading group."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the late Middle English word 'regainen', originating from Old French 'regaigner', based on the Latin prefix 're-' (again) combined with Germanic roots related to gaining or acquiring. Historically, it evolved from signifying the physical recapture of territory or property into a broader metaphor for recovering mental, emotional, or physical states.

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