🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

rehabilitar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: rehabilitar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Rehabilitate/ˌriːhəˈbɪlɪteɪt/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El programa busca rehabilitar a los exdelincuentes."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To restore someone to health or normal life through training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness.

    "The program aims to rehabilitate former offenders and help them reintegrate into society."
  2. 2

    To restore something to a previous state or condition.

    "The city plans to rehabilitate the old park to make it more accessible to the public."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'rehabilitate' originates from the Latin 'rehabilitare', which means 'to make able again'. It combines 're-' (again) and 'habilitare' (to make able), reflecting a historical shift towards the modern sense of restoring someone to a state of health or functionality.

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