rehabilitación
rehabilitation
noun rreh-ah-bee-lee-tah-SYOHN Rare
Origin: From Latin rehabilitare ('to restore to ability').
Usage Note
Rehabilitación covers physical rehabilitation after injury or illness, addiction recovery programmes, and the restoration of buildings. The verb is rehabilitar. In urban contexts, plan de rehabilitación often refers to renovation of historic buildings. It is always feminine and pluralises to rehabilitaciones.
Examples
"Después de la operación necesitó varios meses de rehabilitación."
Natural Translation
After the operation she needed several months of rehabilitation.

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