This is the 3595th most frequent Russian word.
собирать
To collect, gather, or assemble.
In this sentence, 'собирать' means 'to collect' or 'to pick,' referring to the action of gathering items like berries from the forest.
Я собираю ягоды в лесу.
I am picking berries in the forest.
Here, 'собираться' denotes 'to assemble' or 'to gather,' describing people coming together at a common location.
Мы собираемся в парке каждую субботу.
We gather in the park every Saturday.
'Собирать' in this usage means 'to assemble,' indicating putting parts together to form a complete object, like a model airplane.