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/ [χe.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vu], /ʁe.sepˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [χe.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.βu]

• 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receptivo (feminine receptiva, masculine plural receptivos, feminine plural receptivas) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)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) /reθebˈtibo/ [re.θeβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /resebˈtibo/ [re.seβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞o]
• 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16