Latin

Verb

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

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

Inflection

Derived terms

• rēcreābilis
• recreātiō
• recreātor

Descendants

• English: recreate
• French: récréer
• Portuguese: recriar, recrear
• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “recreo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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

Noun

recreo m ‎(plural recreos)

1. recreation
2. (school) recess, break

Synonyms

• (recreation): recreación f
• (recess): descanso

Verb

recreo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of recrear.