French word

reconquérir

Pronunciation

IPA/ʁəkɔ̃keʁiʁ/

Meaning

  • verbwin back

Example

Il essaie de reconquérir la confiance de sa fille.

He is trying to win back his daughter's trust.

Illustration for reconquérir (win back)

More examples

Après des excuses, elle a réussi à reconquérir la confiance de ses amis.

After apologizing, she managed to win back her friends' trust.

Core concept

A determined effort to win back something lost, from a position of power to someone's trust.

Common phrases

  • reconquérir la confiance

    win back the trust

Similar words

regagner: Gradually regain lost trust or support over time.
récupérer: Recover a lost object, regain health, or return to a former condition.
retrouver: Find again a person, object, or feeling that had gone missing.
reprendre: Retake a place, possession, or job that was taken away.

Definition in French

Reprendre ce qui avait été perdu, que ce soit un pouvoir, une position ou l'affection d'une personne.

Word origin

Reconquérir combines the prefix re- ('again') with conquérir, a French verb that descends from Latin conquirere.

Usage tips

  • Reconquérir is transitive, so the regained thing follows it directly, as in reconquérir la confiance de quelqu'un.

Other meanings

  • reconquerverb

Opposites

Related words

  • reconquêtereconquestnoun
  • reconquisregainedadjective

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