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]

  • Hyphenation: re‧cí‧pro‧co

Adjective

recíproco (feminine recíproca, masculine plural recíprocos, feminine plural recíprocas, not comparable)

  1. reciprocal (done by each of two people towards the other)
  2. (mathematics, of a number) which is obtained by dividing 1 by the number
  3. (grammar, of a verb) reciprocal

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:recíproco.

Synonyms

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)

  1. reciprocal (done by each of two people towards the other)

Derived terms

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