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
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- recolligere Latin
- raccogliere Italian
- bola Spanish, Castilian
- recogebolas Spanish, Castilian
- recoillir Old French
- collir Catalan, Valencian
- recollir Catalan, Valencian
- recoller Old Portuguese
- recolegro Dalmatian