Meanings (ES + gloss)
juntar • recabar • recoger • recolectar • recopilar • reunir
To gather together; amass.
Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.
The team uses special equipment to collect data on temperature, wind speed and rainfall.
cobrar • colectar • recabar • recabdar (desus.) • recaudar • recolectar
To get; particularly, get from someone.
A bank collects a monthly payment on a client's new car loan. A mortgage company collects a monthly payment on a house.
The EPA collects emissions data from more than 20,000 industrial facilities across the country and has even developed its own state-of-the-art tool — the Risk-Screening Environment…
coleccionar
To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
I don't think he collects as much as hoards.
John Henry collects stamps.
colectar
To collect payments.
He had a lot of trouble collecting on that bet he made.
Phrases
No hay frases