Spanish Conversation · Level 6
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Spanish word
recolección
Pronunciation
IPA/rekolekˈθjon/
Meaning
- feminine nouncollection
Example
La recolección de basura es los lunes.
Garbage collection is on Mondays.
More examples
En la empresa, la recolección de datos cumple las normas de privacidad.
In the company, data collection complies with privacy rules.
Core concept
Piled crates of harvested crops at a farm.
Common phrases
recolección de basura
garbage collection
recolección de datos
data collection
recolección de fondos
fundraising
Similar words
cosecha: Reaping crops and gathering the season's yield into bundles.
recogida: Manual gathering of fruit or produce, picked individually by hand.
acopio: Centralized gathering and temporary storage of harvested goods or supplies.
Definition in Spanish
Acción y resultado de recoger productos, objetos o datos procedentes de varios lugares, normalmente de forma organizada.
Word origin
From Latin colligere 'to gather' with the prefix re-, Spanish recolectar developed and produced the noun recolección for the act or result of gathering items.
Usage tips
- Recolección denotes the organized act of gathering or the harvest process, while cosecha often names the harvested crop and recogida usually denotes an individual pickup.
Other meanings
- pickupnoun
- gatheringnoun
Opposites
- distribucióndistributionnoun
- dispersióndispersionnoun
Related words
- recolectarcollectverb
- recolectorcollectornoun
- recolectadocollectedadjective