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recoger

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gather(

gah

thuhr

)

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

1. (to collect)

a. recoger

The forest is full of squirrels gathering acorns.El bosque está lleno de ardillas recogiendo bellotas.

We spent a pleasant hour gathering blackberries.Pasamos una hora agradable recogiendo moras.

b. reunir

The teacher gathered all her students together.La maestra reunió a todos los alumnos.

c. juntar

I need more time to gather more signatures.Necesito más tiempo para juntar más firmas.

d. recolectar

We have gathered large amounts of data for the project.Hemos recolectado grandes cantidades de datos para el proyecto.

2. (to accumulate)

a. acumular

The books were just gathering dust. No one read them.Los libros simplemente acumulaban polvo. Nadie los leía.

3. (to conclude)

a. tener entendido

I gather that you and Jane have split up.Tengo entendido que tú y Jane se han separado.

4. (sewing)

a. fruncir

Make sure to gather the waist on that dress.Asegúrate de fruncir la cintura de ese vestido.

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

5. (to assemble)

a. reunirse

People are gathering in the square.La gente se está reuniendo en la plaza.

b. congregarse

Thousands of fans gathered at the entrance to the stadium.Miles de fans se congregaron en la entrada del estadio.

c. juntarse

We are gathering to plan the wedding.Nos vamos a juntar para planificar la boda.

6. (to accumulate)

a. acumularse

She let dust gather on the furniture and it was almost an inch thick.Dejó acumularse el polvo en los muebles y estaba a casi una pulgada de alto.

gather

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

1. (collect)

a. reunir

2. (fruit, flowers)

a. recoger

to gather the harvestrecoger la cosecha, cosechar

he gathered his thoughtspuso en orden sus ideas

to gather all one's strength to do somethinghacer acopio de fuerzas para hacer algo

we are gathered here today…estamos hoy aquí reunidos…

he gathered her in his armsla tomó entre sus brazos

3. (accumulate; dirt, dust)

a. acumular

4. (fig)

to be gathering dustestar arrinconado(a)

to gather speedganar velocidad

5. (conclude, understand)

to gather that…deducir que…, entender que…

as you may already have gathered…como probablemente ya habrás deducido…

so I gathereso parece

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

6. (people)

a. reunirse, congregarse

7. (things)

a. acumularse

a storm is gatheringse está formando una tormenta

to gather round the fire/the radioreunirse en torno al fuego/a la radio

gather [ˈɡæðəʳ]

transitive verb

1 (also gather together) [+people, objects] reunir; juntar;(also gather up) [+pins, sticks etc] recoger; [+harvest, crop] recoger; recolectar; [+flowers] coger; recoger; (LAm) [+information] reunir; recopilar; [+hair] recoger; (Cos) fruncir; [+taxes] recaudar

we gathered enough firewood to last the night reunimos leña suficiente para toda la noche; to gather dust acumular polvo; to gather one's thoughts (together) ordenar sus pensamientos; she gathered her coat around her se envolvió en su abrigo

2 (gain)

to gather speed ir ganando or adquiriendo velocidad; to gather strength cobrar fuerzas

to gather that (understand) tener entendido que; (discover) enterarse de que; as you will have gathered ... se habrá dado cuenta de que ...; as far as I could gather hasta donde pude enterarme; I gather from him that ... según lo que me dice ...; what are we to gather from this? ¿qué consecuencia sacamos de esto?

intransitive verb

1 [+people] (also gather together) reunirse; juntarse; congregarse; (crowd together) amontonarse; [+dust] acumularse; [+clouds] acumularse; cerrarse

they gathered in the doorway se apiñaron en la entrada

2 (Med) formar pus

noun

(Cos) frunce (m)

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Phrases with "gather"

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gather together		reunir
gather the ingredients		reúne los ingredientes, reunir los ingredientes
gather information		recopilar información

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Verb Conjugations for recoger

Present Participle: recogiendo

Past Participle: recogido

Indicative

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	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Conditional	Future
yo	recojo	recogí	recogía	recogería	recogeré
tú	recoges	recogiste	recogías	recogerías	recogerás
él/ella/Ud.	recoge	recogió	recogía	recogería	recogerá
nosotros	recogemos	recogimos	recogíamos	recogeríamos	recogeremos
vosotros	recogéis	recogisteis	recogíais	recogeríais	recogeréis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	recogen	recogieron	recogían	recogerían	recogerán

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