receptivo
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin receptīvus, from Latin receptus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [he.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vu], /ʁe.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [he.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [χe.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vu], /ʁe.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [χe.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.sepˈt͡ʃi.vo/ [he.sepˈt͡ʃi.vo], /ʁe.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vo/ [he.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.sɨˈpti.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.sɨˈpti.bu/ [ʁɨ.sɨˈpti.βu]
- Hyphenation: re‧cep‧ti‧vo
Adjective
receptivo (feminine receptiva, masculine plural receptivos, feminine plural receptivas) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)
Related terms
Further reading
- “receptivo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “receptivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin receptivus, from Latin receptus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reθebˈtibo/ [re.θeβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞o] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /resebˈtibo/ [re.seβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: re‧cep‧ti‧vo
Adjective
receptivo (feminine receptiva, masculine plural receptivos, feminine plural receptivas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “receptivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025