1 (recollection) recuerdo (m); (ability to remember) memoria (f) His recall of Grandma's death, family vacations, and major purchases never failed the visit triggered a vivid recall of my pre-war life in Paris This recall of childhood experiences appeared to accelerate Sonia's therapy she had something approximating photographic recall she is a remarkable young lady in that she has an excellent recall
those days are gone beyond recall aquellos días pasaron al olvido
party unity now looks lost beyond recall the reasons for their action quickly float away out of reach and beyond recall friends who were now gone beyond recall the family has owned it for years beyond recall
he has no recall of what he did no recuerda nada de lo que hizo
everyone dreams, but some [have] no recall of doing so
to have total recall tener una memoria infalible
he had a good memory, and total recall of her spoken words the defendant, who claimed to have total recall of the events leading up to the fatal shots
2 (calling back) [of Parliament] convocatoria (f) extraordinaria; (Mil) [of troops] nueva convocatoria (f) of sports player he was celebrating his recall to the England team it would be great to get a recall to the England squad for Sweden the opposition leader has requested the recall of parliament to debate the economy and foreign affairs arrangements were made for recall of reservists
3 (withdrawal) [of ambassador] retirada (f); [of defective product] retirada (f) (del mercado); (US) [of elected official] destitución (f); (Mil) [of troops] retirada (f) the recall of ambassador Alan Green is a public signal of America's concern he resigned in protest at the recall to Delhi of the governor, Mr Jagmohan General Motors has announced the recall of more than 900,000 of its cars for safety repairs Remington had ordered a shaver recall in Europe the campaign for her recall is not expected to succeed severalstudents are circulating petitions for recall and referendum elections Mr Shah has condemned the security forces for the use of force and called for their immediate recall
to sound the recall tocar la retirada; tocar retreta