recuperar

/rekupeˈɾaɾ/ · A2 · verb

to recover

🩹 recuperar = recuperate: same Latin root, recuperare, to get back

English recuperate and recover both descend from Latin recuperare (re- back + a form of capere, to take). Swap the English -ate ending for Spanish -ar and you have the word: recuper-ate, recuper-ar.

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