recetáculo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin receptāculum (“receptacle”), from receptō (“I receive back or again, recover”), frequentative of recipiō (“I receive; hold back, reserve”), from re- (“back, again”) + capiō (“I hold”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Portugal) /ʁɨˌsɛˈta.ku.lu/, [ʁɨˌsɛˈta.ku.lu]

  • Hyphenation: re‧ce‧tá‧cu‧lo

Noun

recetáculo m (plural recetáculos)

  1. receptacle
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