receptivo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• recetivo (Portugal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin receptīvus, from Latin receptus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [he.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vu], /ʁe.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [he.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [he.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vu], /ʁe.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [he.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [χかいe.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vu], /ʁe.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [χかいe.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.sepˈt͡ʃi.vo/ [he.sepˈt͡ʃi.vo], /ʁe.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vo/ [he.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.sɨˈpti.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.sɨˈpti.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.sɨˈpti.bu/ [ʁɨ.sɨˈpti.βべーたu]

• Hyphenation: re‧cep‧ti‧vo

Adjective

receptivo (feminine receptiva, masculine plural receptivos, feminine plural receptivas) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)

1. receptive (able to receive something)
2. receptive (willing to accept new ideas or concepts)

Related terms

• receber
• receptividade
• recetivamente
• recipiente

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin receptivus, from Latin receptus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /reθしーたebˈtibo/ [re.θしーたeβべーた̞ˈt̪i.βべーた̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /resebˈtibo/ [re.seβべーた̞ˈt̪i.βべーた̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: re‧cep‧ti‧vo

Adjective

receptivo (feminine receptiva, masculine plural receptivos, feminine plural receptivas)

1. receptive

Derived terms

• receptividad

 

Related terms

• recepción
• receptor
• recibir

 

Further reading

• “receptivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014