recobrar

to recover

recobrar(rreh-koh-brrahr)

transitive verb

1. (to have or take back)

a. to recover

La policía recobró la pintura robada.

The police recovered the stolen painting.

b. to get back

Nunca pude recobrar mi trabajo.

I never managed to get my job back.

2. (to recover a faculty)

a. to recover

Después de seis meses, mi madre recobró la salud.

After six months my mother recovered her health.

b. to get back

Ahora que está mejor, Teresa parece haber recobrado su sentido del humor.

Now Teresa's feeling better, she seems to have got her sense of humor back.

c. to regain

Fernando recobró el conocimiento anoche.

Fernando regained consciousness last night.

d.

no direct translation

El paciente todavía no ha recobrado la conciencia.

The patient still hasn't come to.

¿Cuándo recobraste el conocimiento?

When did you come around?

3. (compensate for)

a. to make up for (lost time)

Aún eres joven; tienes que recobrar el tiempo perdido.

You're still young; you need to make up for lost time.

4. (military)

a. to recapture

El ejército del rey recobró la ciudad en 1535.

The king's army recaptured the city in 1535.

b. to retake

Después de tres días, nuestras tropas recobraron el pueblo.

After three days, our troops retook the town.

recobrarse

pronominal verb

5. (to get well; often used with "de")

a. to recover

Los médicos la ayudaron a recobrarse.

The doctors helped her to recover.

b. to get over

Paola no ha podido recobrarse de su depresión.

Paola hasn't been able to get over her depression.

6. (finance; used with "de")

a. to recoup (economic losses)

Los inversionistas finalmente se recobraron de todo lo que habían perdido.

The investors finally recouped all the money they had lost.