verb · #488
to pick up
Example: Te recojo a las siete.
I will pick you up at seven.
Spanish → English
recoger
recoger is Spanish for to pick up.
What recoger means
How common is it?
recoger is ranked #488 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It sits in the second half of the list: still everyday vocabulary, but you will meet it less often than the first two hundred.
Nearby on the frequency list
Words with a similar frequency to recoger — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
- la tarea — task, homework
- el sueño — dream; sleepiness
- la costumbre — habit, custom
- dejar de — to stop doing
- acabar — to finish, to end up
- tratar — to try; to treat
See all 500 most common Spanish words
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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22