What does recuperare in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word recuperare in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use recuperare in Italian.

The word recuperare in Italian means recover, retrieve, salvage, recover, regain, make up for, make up, catch up, recover, rescue, save, make up, return, restore, rehabilitate, make up for lateness, make up for delay, make up for lost time, catch up on lost time, go back to sleep, make up for lost sleep. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word recuperare

recover, retrieve

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (rientrare in possesso di [qc])

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Vado da Mario: devo recuperare alcuni libri che gli ho prestato.
I'm going to Mario's house: I have to get back some books I loaned him.

salvage

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (salvare [qc] o qn dalla perdita)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
La polizia ha recuperato la refurtiva.
The police recovered the stolen goods.

recover, regain, make up for

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (riguadagnare uno svantaggio)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Il padre volle recuperare tutto il tempo che non fu in grado di passare con la figlia.
He's recovering from recent heart surgery.

make up, catch up

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (fare [qc] che era stato differito)

(phrasal verb, transitive, inseparable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, not divisible--for example,"go with" [=combine nicely]: "Those red shoes don't go with my dress." NOT [S]"Those red shoes don't go my dress with."[/S])
Recupereremo la lezione di storia la prossima settimana.
We will make up the missed history lesson next week.

recover

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (riprendere possesso di [qc])

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Dopo il buon esito della procedura di sfratto abbiamo ricuperato possesso del nostro appartamento.

rescue, save

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (figurato (raccogliere qn o [qc] per salvarlo)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
La nave era riuscita a recuperare molti naufraghi.
The ship successfully rescued many of the shipwrecked victims.

make up

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (estensione (fare [qc] che era stato differito)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
La partita sospesa verrà ricuperata fra due settimane.
The interrupted game will be made up in two weeks.

return, restore, rehabilitate

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (figurato (restituire qn alla società) (figurative, moral, soul)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Il giovane è stato ricuperato alla società dopo un periodo di lavori socialmente utili.
The youngster was restored to society after serving a period of social services.

make up for lateness, make up for delay

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

make up for lost time, catch up on lost time

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

go back to sleep, make up for lost sleep

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Questo fine settimana ho bisogno di recuperare sonno.

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