recreo

See also: recreó

Catalan

Verb

recreo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of recrear

Latin

Etymology

From re- (back, again) +‎ creō (create, produce, make).

Pronunciation

Verb

recreō (present infinitive recreāre, perfect active recreāvī, supine recreātum); first conjugation

  1. to create again or anew, restore, recreate
  2. to revive, refresh, invigorate

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: recrear
  • English: recreate
  • French: récréer
  • Portuguese: recriar, recrear
  • Romanian: recrea
  • Spanish: recrear

References

  • recreo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • recreo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • recreo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to recruit oneself after a severe illness: e gravi morbo recreari or se colligere
    • to recruit oneself, seek relaxation: animum relaxare, reficere, recreare or simply se reficere, se recreare, refici, recreari (ex aliqua re)
    • to recover from one's fright: ex metu se recreare, se colligere

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈkɾeo/ [reˈkɾe.o]
  • Rhymes: -eo
  • Syllabification: re‧cre‧o

Etymology 1

Deverbal from recrear.

Noun

recreo m (plural recreos)

  1. recreation
    Synonyms: recreación, ocio, esparcimiento
  2. (school) recess, break
    Synonyms: receso, descanso
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

recreo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of recrear

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