recoger

Spanish

verb
Definitions
  • to collect, to gather, to pick up, to fetch, to retrieve something previously left behind
  • to pick up a person or people by vehicle
  • to clean up e.g., a room
  • to pack up
  • to harvest, reap fruit
  • to pick up on, glean, capture e.g., a point, a link, distinction, subtlety, ambiguity, etc.
  • (figurative) to reflect
  • (reflexive) to go to bed

Etymology

Inherited from Latin recolligere.

Origin

Latin

recolligere

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