receber

From Old Portuguese receber, from Latin recipere (“to receive; to take back”), from re- + capiō (“to take”).

• Hyphenation: re‧ce‧ber

receber (first-person singular present recebo, first-person singular preterite recebi, past participle recebido)

1. 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

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2. to collect or receive payment

   Synonym: recolher

   Antonym: pagar

3. to receive (to act as a host for guests)

   Synonyms: acolher, hospedar, recepcionar

4. 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”)

5. (telecommunications) to receive (to detect a signal from a transmitter)