recabar

== Spanish == === Etymology === Probably from Latin re- (“back, backwards”) + capus (“"head", later in Romance "end"”) + āre (“verb-forming suffix”). Maybe semantically influenced by recaudar, recabdar (“to collect”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /rekaˈbaɾ/ [re.kaˈβ̞aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: re‧ca‧bar === Verb === recabar (first-person singular present recabo, first-person singular preterite recabé, past participle recabado) to lobby, petition Synonyms: cabildear, peticionar to collect, gather (data/information) (archaic) to gather, safeguard, collect Synonym: recabdar ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “recabar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025