rememorar
verbCEFR B2
What does “rememorar” mean in English?
to recall, to reminisce about
to recall, to reminisce about (rememorar los años de juventud — deliberate act of vivid recollection, more literary than recordar)
Example sentences
En la última parte del libro, la autora rememora los años de exilio con una mezcla de tristeza y gratitud.
In the final part of the book, the author recalls the years of exile with a mixture of sadness and gratitude.
El anciano rememoraba su juventud con una sonrisa, recordando detalles que parecían grabados en su memoria para siempre.
The old man recalled his youth with a smile, remembering details that seemed etched in his memory forever.
El documental reúne a personas que vivieron la guerra para que remoren sus experiencias en primera persona.
The documentary brings together people who lived through the war to recall their experiences first-hand.
How to use it
Rememorar means 'to recall' or 'to reminisce about' — a deliberate, reflective act of reliving past memories. It is more formal and literary than recordar and implies a purposeful, emotionally engaged revisiting of the past. It is common in memoirs, interviews, and literary prose. The noun la rememoración is also used. Contrast: recordar (neutral recall), evocar (sense-triggered), rememorar (deliberate, reflective, often emotional).
Common mistake
Rememorar is formal and literary — it sounds excessively literary in everyday speech ('rememoré lo que desayuné esta mañana' is comic). Use recordar in everyday contexts. At B2, rememorar is the correct choice for literary analysis, memoir, oral history, and reflective prose. The register distinction: recordar (everyday) → evocar (sense-triggered literary) → rememorar (deliberate reflective literary) is the full gradient to control.