recepcionista

Catalan

Etymology

From recepció +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.səp.si.uˈnis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.sep.si.oˈnis.ta]

Noun

recepcionista m or f by sense (plural recepcionistes)

1. receptionist

Further reading

• “recepcionista” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “recepcionista”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “recepcionista” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reθepθjoˈnistɐ/

Noun

recepcionista m or f by sense (plural recepcionistas)

1. receptionist

Further reading

• “recepcionista”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• rececionista (Portugal)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.se.pi.si.oˈnis.tɐ/ [he.se.pi.sɪ.oˈnis.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.se.pi.sjoˈnis.tɐ/ [he.se.pi.sjoˈnis.tɐ], /ʁe.sep.si.oˈnis.tɐ/ [he.sep.sɪ.oˈnis.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.sep.sjoˈnis.tɐ/ [he.sep.sjoˈnis.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.se.pi.si.oˈnis.tɐ/ [he.se.pi.sɪ.oˈnis.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.se.pi.sjoˈnis.tɐ/ [he.se.pi.sjoˈnis.tɐ], /ʁe.sep.si.oˈnis.tɐ/ [he.sep.sɪ.oˈnis.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.sep.sjoˈnis.tɐ/ [he.sep.sjoˈnis.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.se.pi.si.oˈniʃ.tɐ/ [χe.se.pi.sɪ.oˈniʃ.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.se.pi.sjoˈniʃ.tɐ/ [χe.se.pi.sjoˈniʃ.tɐ], /ʁe.sep.si.oˈniʃ.tɐ/ [χe.sep.sɪ.oˈniʃ.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.sep.sjoˈniʃ.tɐ/ [χe.sep.sjoˈniʃ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.sep.si.oˈnis.ta/ [he.sep.sɪ.oˈnis.ta], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.sep.sjoˈnis.ta/ [he.sep.sjoˈnis.ta], /ʁe.se.pi.si.oˈnis.ta/ [he.se.pi.sɪ.oˈnis.ta], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.se.pi.sjoˈnis.ta/ [he.se.pi.sjoˈnis.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.sɨ.psjuˈniʃ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: re‧cep‧ci‧o‧nis‧ta

Noun

recepcionista m or f by sense (plural recepcionistas) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)

1. receptionist (employee who receives visitors and/or calls)

Related terms

• receber

Further reading

• “recepcionista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From recepción +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /reθebθjoˈnista/ [re.θeβ̞.θjoˈnis.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /resebsjoˈnista/ [re.seβ̞.sjoˈnis.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: re‧cep‧cio‧nis‧ta

Noun

recepcionista m or f by sense (plural recepcionistas)

1. receptionist

Further reading

• “recepcionista”, 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