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receita.

recipe (instructions for making or preparing food dishes)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʁeˈsej.tɐ/Brazil[heˈseɪ̯.tɐ]Brazil/ʁeˈsej.tɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro[χeˈseɪ̯.tɐ]Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. recipe (instructions for making or preparing food dishes)

    feminine
  2. prescription (written order for the administration of a medicine)

    feminine
  3. formula for a medicine

    feminine
  4. income (money one or an organisation earns)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese receita, reçepta, from Latin recepta, feminine of receptus (“received”), from perfect passive participle of recipiō (“to receive”).

verb/ʁeˈsej.tɐ/Brazil[heˈseɪ̯.tɐ]Brazil/ʁeˈsej.tɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro[χeˈseɪ̯.tɐ]Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. inflection of receitar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of receitar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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