receptáculo

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See also: receptaculo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin receptāculum (receptacle).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.se.piˈta.ku.lu/ , /ʁe.sepˈta.ku.lu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.se.piˈta.ku.lu/ , /ʁe.sepˈta.ku.lu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.sepˈta.ku.lo/ , /ʁe.se.piˈta.ku.lo/

  • Rhymes: -akulu
  • Hyphenation: re‧cep‧tá‧cu‧lo

Noun

receptáculo m (plural receptáculos)

  1. Brazil spelling of recetáculo
  2. (European Portuguese spelling) Pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of recetáculo. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin receptāculum (receptacle), from receptō (to receive back or again, recover), frequentative of recipiō (to receive; hold back, reserve), from re- (back, again) + capiō (to hold).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /reθebˈtakulo/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /resebˈtakulo/
  • Rhymes: -akulo
  • Syllabification: re‧cep‧tá‧cu‧lo

Noun

receptáculo m (plural receptáculos)

  1. receptacle

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