Recogiendo (en. Collecting)

/rekoˈxjendo/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

verb

Action of taking or picking up something that was on the ground or scattered.

I am picking up the toys from the floor.

Estoy recogiendo los juguetes del suelo.

To gather information or data.

We are collecting data for the research.

Estamos recogiendo datos para la investigación.

To gather or assemble people, goods, or things.

The team is gathering signatures for the cause.

El equipo está recogiendo firmas para la causa.

From the verb 'recoger', which comes from the Latin 'recolligere'.

collecting the mess

Cleaning or organizing a messy space.

recogiendo el desorden

collecting fruit

Harvesting or gathering fruit from trees.

recogiendo fruta

collecting information

Accumulating data or facts about a specific topic.

recogiendo información

gather

To take or gather something.

recoger

collection

Action of picking up or putting things together.

recolección

To collect something that is not entirely legitimate.

He told her he was picking up scrap, but that was not true.

Le dijo que estaba recogiendo chatarra, pero no era verdad.

In certain contexts, referring to a situation of gathering or picking up people to go out.

I am going to pick up my friends to go to the party.

Voy a recoger a mis amigos para ir a la fiesta.