receptivo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

recetivo (Portugal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin receptīvus, from Latin receptus.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [he.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vu], /ʁe.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [he.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [χe.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vu], /ʁe.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [χe.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.sepˈt͡ʃi.vo/ [he.sepˈt͡ʃi.vo], /ʁe.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vo/ [he.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.sɨˈpti.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.sɨˈpti.bu/ [ʁɨ.sɨˈpti.βu]

Hyphenation: re‧cep‧ti‧vo

Adjective

receptivo (feminine receptiva, masculine plural receptivos, feminine plural receptivas) (Brazilian spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)

receptive (able to receive something)
receptive (willing to accept new ideas or concepts)

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin receptivus, from Latin receptus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /reθebˈtibo/ [re.θeβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞o]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /resebˈtibo/ [re.seβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞o]
Rhymes: -ibo
Syllabification: re‧cep‧ti‧vo

Adjective

receptivo (feminine receptiva, masculine plural receptivos, feminine plural receptivas)

receptive

Derived terms

receptividad

Related terms

Further reading

“receptivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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