receita

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese receita, from Latin recepta, feminine of receptus (“received”), from perfect passive participle of recipiō (“I receive”).

Noun

receita f (plural receitas)

  1. receipt
  2. prescription

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈsej.tɐ/ [heˈseɪ̯.tɐ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeˈsej.tɐ/ [χeˈseɪ̯.tɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈsej.ta/ [heˈseɪ̯.ta]
 

  • Hyphenation: re‧cei‧ta

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese receita, reçepta, from Latin recepta, feminine of receptus (“received”), from perfect passive participle of recipiō (“to receive”).

Alternative forms

Noun

receita f (plural receitas)

  1. (cooking) recipe (instructions for making or preparing food dishes)
    • 1999, Os pecados da língua: pequeno repertório de grandes erros de linguagem, Editora AGE Ltda., →ISBN, page 114:
      O erro estava na receita, pois l é símbolo de litro e não abreviatura de lata, palavra que não pode ser abreviada, por questões de clareza.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (medicine) prescription (written order for the administration of a medicine)
    Synonym: prescrição
  3. (medicine) formula for a medicine
    Synonym: fórmula
  4. (money) income (money one or an organisation earns)
    Synonyms: arrecadação, renda
Derived terms
  • receita derivada

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

receita

  1. inflection of receitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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