recollection

recuerdo

Algo que se recuerda de una experiencia pasada.

En inglés sencillo: Something you remember about a past experience.

• My earliest recollection is of our garden.
• She shared some happy recollections of school.
• Do you have any recollection of meeting him?

Cómo se usa: a recollection of something/doing something (I have a clear recollection of visiting that house.)

Sinónimos: memory, remembrance

Expresiones frecuentes: vivid recollection, childhood recollection, recollection of something

memoria

Capacidad de recordar hechos pasados, o período del pasado que uno alcanza a recordar.

En inglés sencillo: The ability to remember past events, or the time your memory reaches back to.

• Her powers of recollection remain strong.
• To my recollection, the shop opened in May.
• Nothing like this has happened within my recollection.

Cómo se usa: to the best of someone’s recollection (To the best of my recollection, we arrived before noon.)

Sinónimos: memory, recall

Antónimos: forgetfulness

Expresiones frecuentes: to my recollection, within my recollection, powers of recollection