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Galician
Verb
receber (first-person singular present recebo, first-person singular preterite recebín, past participle recebido)
receber (first-person singular present recebo, first-person singular preterite recebim or recebi, past participle recebido, reintegrationist norm)
- Alternative form of recibir
- reintegrationist spelling of recibir
Conjugation
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person (eu)
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Second-person (ti / tu)
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Third-person (ele / ela / você)
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First-person (nós)
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Second-person (vós)
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Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
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Infinitive
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Impersonal
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receber
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Personal
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receber
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receberes
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receber
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recebermos
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receberdes
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receberem
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Gerund
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recebendo
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Past participle
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Masculine
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recebido
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recebidos
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Feminine
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recebida
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recebidas
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Indicative
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Present
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recebo
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recebes
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recebe
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recebemos
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recebedes, recebeis
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recebem
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Imperfect
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recebia
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recebias
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recebia
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recebíamos
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recebíades, recebíeis, recebíais1
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recebiam
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Preterite
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recebim, recebi
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recebeste, recebeche1
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recebeu
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recebemos
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recebestes
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recebêrom, receberam
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Pluperfect
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recebera
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receberas
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recebera
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recebêramos
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recebêrades, recebêreis, recebêrais1
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receberam
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Future
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receberei
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receberás
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receberá
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receberemos
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receberedes, recebereis
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receberám, receberão
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Conditional
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receberia
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receberias
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receberia
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receberíamos
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receberíades, receberíeis, receberíais1
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receberiam
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Subjunctive
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Present
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receba
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recebas
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receba
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recebamos
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recebades, recebais
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recebam
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Imperfect
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recebesse
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recebesses
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recebesse
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recebêssemos
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recebêssedes, recebêsseis
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recebessem
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Future
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receber
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receberes
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receber
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recebermos
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receberdes
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receberem
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Imperative
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Affirmative
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recebe
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receba
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recebamos
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recebede, recebei
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recebam
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Negative (nom)
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nom recebas
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nom receba
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nom recebamos
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nom recebades, nom recebais
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nom recebam
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References
- “receber” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese receber, from Latin recipere (“to receive; to take back”), from re- + capiō (“to take”).
Pronunciation
Verb
receber (first-person singular present recebo, first-person singular preterite recebi, past participle recebido)
- to get; to receive
- Synonyms: ganhar, obter
- Antonyms: dar, entregar
1984, “Dar e Receber”, in Dar & Receber, performed by António Variações:Dar e receber / Devia ser a nossa forma de viver- Give and receive / Should be the way we live
- to collect or receive payment
- Synonym: recolher
- Antonym: pagar
- to receive (to act as a host for guests)
- Synonyms: acolher, hospedar, recepcionar
- to be hit by something
- Synonyms: levar, tomar
Eu receberia uma bolada no rosto se ficasse lá.- I would be hit in the face by a ball if I stayed there.
O João recebeu uma facada.- John was stabbed.
- (literally, “John was hit by a knife”)
- (telecommunications) to receive (to detect a signal from a transmitter)
Conjugation
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