recetáculo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin receptāculum (“receptacle”), from receptō (“to receive back or again, to recover”), frequentative of recipiō (“to receive; to hold back, to reserve”), from re- (“back, again”) + capiō (“to hold”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.seˈta.ku.lu/ [he.seˈta.ku.lu]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.seˈta.ku.lu/ [χe.seˈta.ku.lu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.seˈta.ku.lo/ [he.seˈta.ku.lo]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.sɛˈta.ku.lu/

  • Hyphenation: re‧ce‧tá‧cu‧lo

Noun

recetáculo m (plural recetáculos)

  1. receptacle
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