recíproco
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin recīprocus (“back and forth; reciprocal”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈsi.pɾo.ku/ [heˈsi.pɾo.ku]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeˈsi.pɾo.ku/ [χeˈsi.pɾo.ku]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈsi.pɾo.ko/ [heˈsi.pɾo.ko]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨˈsi.pɾu.ku/
- Hyphenation: re‧cí‧pro‧co
Adjective
recíproco (feminine recíproca, masculine plural recíprocos, feminine plural recíprocas, not comparable)
- reciprocal (done by each of two people towards the other)
- (mathematics, of a number) which is obtained by dividing 1 by the number
- (grammar, of a verb) reciprocal
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:recíproco.
Synonyms
Related terms
- recíproca
- reciprocacão
- reciprocação
- reciprocamente
- reciprocar
- reciprocidade
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin recīprocus (“back and forth; reciprocal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reˈθipɾoko/ [reˈθi.pɾo.ko] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /reˈsipɾoko/ [reˈsi.pɾo.ko] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -ipɾoko
- Syllabification: re‧cí‧pro‧co
Adjective
recíproco (feminine recíproca, masculine plural recíprocos, feminine plural recíprocas)
- reciprocal (done by each of two people towards the other)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “recíproco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024