recuperar — meaning in English

English meaning

• recover verb To get better after being ill, injured, or upset.
• restore verb To bring something back to its former, usually better, condition.
• retrieve verb To get something back, especially something that was lost, stored, or left somewhere.

Senses

recuperar is used for these senses in English:

• recover (transitive) To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
• recover (intransitive, followed by "from" to show what caused the bad feeling) To get better, to regain health or prosperity.
• restore (transitive) To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.
• retrieve (transitive) To rescue (a creature).
• retrieve (transitive) To remedy or rectify something.

recover — full definition

1. verb To get better after being ill, injured, or upset.
2. verb To get back something that was lost, stolen, or taken.
3. verb To win compensation or a favorable result in a legal case.

restore — full definition

1. verb To bring something back to its former, usually better, condition.
2. verb To give back something that was lost or taken.
3. verb In computing, to recover data or a system from a backup.

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