recíproco

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin recīprocus (back and forth; reciprocal).

Pronunciation

 

  • 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

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Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin recīprocus (back and forth; reciprocal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /reˈθipɾoko/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /reˈsipɾoko/
  • 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)

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