recetar

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: re‧ce‧tar

Verb

recetar (first-person singular present receto, first-person singular preterite recetei, past participle recetado)

  1. to keep something that was stolen

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From receta (prescription) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /reθeˈtaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /reseˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: re‧ce‧tar

Verb

recetar (first-person singular present receto, first-person singular preterite receté, past participle recetado)

  1. (transitive) to prescribe
    Synonym: prescribir
    • 2022 August 23, Pablo Linde, “El ejercicio físico es el ‘medicamento’ perfecto: ¿deberían los médicos recetarlo?”, in El País:
      Si el ejercicio físico fuera una pastilla, no habría médico que no la recetara.
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