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recapture

UK: /ˌriːˈkæp.tʃər/ US: /-tʃə`/ [recaptured, recapturing]

Translation

v [t]
volver a tomar
recobrar [por la fuerza]
(un sentimiento, una cualidad)
recuperar
His new novel recaptures the freshness of his first books
Su nueva novela recupera la frescura de sus primeros escritos
(Definition of recapture v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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