receita

Galician

Etymology

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

Noun

receita f (plural receitas)

1. receipt
2. prescription

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsej.tɐ/ [heˈseɪ̯.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsej.tɐ/ [heˈseɪ̯.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsej.tɐ/ [χeˈseɪ̯.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsej.ta/ [heˈseɪ̯.ta]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈsɐj.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈsɐj.tɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈsej.tɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈsej.tɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈse.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: re‧cei‧ta

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• receyta (obsolete)

Noun

receita f (plural receitas)

1. (cooking) recipe (instructions for making or preparing food dishes)
2. (medicine) prescription (written order for the administration of a medicine)

   Synonym: prescrição

3. (medicine) formula for a medicine

   Synonym: fórmula

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

   Synonyms: arrecadação, renda

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:receita.

Derived terms

• receita derivada

Related terms

• receitado
• receitador
• receitante
• receitar
• receitário
• receituário

Etymology 2

Verb

receita

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:receitar.