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retaper

to retype

verb ruh-tah-PEH Rare
Communication Writing

Also means

to do up, renovate (colloquial)

Usage Note

Retaper has two distinct registers: in computing or office contexts it means to retype or re-enter text, while colloquially it means to fix up a house or restore one's health (se retaper — 'to get back on one's feet'). The reflexive se retaper is quite common in everyday speech after an illness or hardship.

Examples

"Il a dû retaper tout le document depuis le début."

Natural Translation

He had to retype the whole document from the beginning.

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