recíproco

See also: reciproco, reciprocó, and reciprocò

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin recīprocus (“back and forth; reciprocal”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsi.pɾo.ku/ [heˈsi.pɾo.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsi.pɾo.ku/ [heˈsi.pɾo.ku]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsi.pɾo.ku/ [χeˈsi.pɾo.ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsi.pɾo.ko/ [heˈsi.pɾo.ko]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈsi.pɾu.ku/

• Hyphenation: re‧cí‧pro‧co

Adjective

recíproco (feminine recíproca, masculine plural recíprocos, feminine plural recíprocas, not comparable)

1. reciprocal (done by each of two people towards the other)
2. (mathematics, of a number) which is obtained by dividing 1 by the number
3. (grammar, of a verb) reciprocal

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:recíproco.

Synonyms

• (reciprocal): bilateral, mútuo

Related terms

• recíproca
• reciprocacão
• reciprocação
• reciprocamente
• reciprocar
• reciprocidade

 

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin recīprocus (“back and forth; reciprocal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /reˈθipɾoko/ [reˈθi.pɾo.ko]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /reˈsipɾoko/ [reˈsi.pɾo.ko]
• Rhymes: -ipɾoko
• Syllabification: re‧cí‧pro‧co

Adjective

recíproco (feminine recíproca, masculine plural recíprocos, feminine plural recíprocas)

1. reciprocal (done by each of two people towards the other)

Derived terms

• recíprocamente

 

Related terms

• reciprocar
• reciprocidad

 

Further reading

• “recíproco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10