récupérer

to recover

verb reh-kü-peh-REH Less Common

Also means

to retrieve

Usage Note

Récupérer covers both recovering health or energy (récupérer après une maladie) and retrieving a physical object (récupérer son manteau). It is also used informally to mean getting back sleep or rest, as in récupérer des heures de sommeil. The noun la récupération can mean recovery, retrieval, or in a political sense, co-opting a movement.

Examples

"Elle a besoin de récupérer après l'opération."

Natural Translation

She needs to recover after the operation.

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