Recuperamos el dinero.

the money

Breakdown of Recuperamos el dinero.

• recuperar: to recover

Questions & Answers about Recuperamos el dinero.

What verb is recuperamos from?

It comes from the infinitive recuperar, which means to recover, to get back, or to regain, depending on context.

In this sentence, recuperamos is the first person plural form, so it goes with we.

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Why does recuperamos mean we?

Because the ending -amos tells you the subject is nosotros/nosotras (we) for an -ar verb.

So:

• recupero = I recover
• recuperas = you recover
• recupera = he/she recovers
• recuperamos = we recover / we recovered
• recuperáis = you all recover (Spain)
• recuperan = they recover

Spanish often shows the subject through the verb ending, so you usually do not need to say nosotros.

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Why is there no word for we in the sentence?

Spanish often drops subject pronouns when the verb form already makes the subject clear.

So Recuperamos el dinero is perfectly natural and already means we recover / we recovered the money.

You could say Nosotros recuperamos el dinero, but that usually adds emphasis, contrast, or clarity, for example:

• Nosotros recuperamos el dinero, no ellos.
  We recovered the money, not them.

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