recepção

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• receção (Portugal)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin receptiōnem (“the act of receiving; reception”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.sepˈsɐ̃w̃/ [he.sepˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /ʁe.se.piˈsɐ̃w̃/ [he.se.piˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.sepˈsɐ̃w̃/ [he.sepˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /ʁe.se.piˈsɐ̃w̃/ [he.se.piˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.sepˈsɐ̃w̃/ [χe.sepˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /ʁe.se.piˈsɐ̃w̃/ [χe.se.piˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.sepˈsɐ̃w̃/ [he.sepˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Noun

recepção f (plural recepções) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)

1. reception (act of receiving)

Related terms

• receber
• recetor