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recabar

/rekaˈbaɾ/

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verb/rekaˈbaɾ/

to lobby, petition; to collect, gather (data/information); to gather, safeguard, collect

recabar fondosraise funds

Synonyms: cabildear, peticionar, recabdar

Probably from Latin re- (“back, backwards”) + capus (“"head", later in Romance "end"”) + āre (“verb-forming suffix”). Maybe semantically influenced by recaudar, recabdar (“to collect”).