receber

Portuguese[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese receber, from Latin recipere (“to receive; to take back”), from re- + capiō (“to take”).

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.seˈbe(ʁ)/ [he.seˈbe(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.seˈbe(ɾ)/ [he.seˈbe(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.seˈbe(ʁ)/ [χe.seˈbe(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.seˈbe(ɻ)/ [he.seˈbe(ɻ)]

receber (first-person singular present recebo, first-person singular preterite recebi, past participle recebido)

to get; to receive
Synonyms: ganhar, obter

Antonyms: dar, entregar
- 1984, “Dar e Receber”, in Dar & Receber, performed by António Variações:
  Dar e receber / Devia ser a nossa forma de viver
  (please add an English translation of this quote)
to collect or receive payment
Synonym: recolher

Antonym: pagar
to receive (to act as a host for guests)
Synonyms: acolher, hospedar, recepcionar
to be hit by something
Synonyms: levar, tomar

Eu receberia uma bolada no rosto se ficasse lá.
I would be hit in the face by a ball if I stayed there.

O João recebeu uma facada.
John was stabbed.
(literally, “John was hit by a knife”)
(telecommunications) to receive (to detect a signal from a transmitter)

Conjugation of receber (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)