recepção

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• receção (Portugal)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

substratebor.?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti

Proto-Italic *kapjō

Old Latin kapiō

Latin capiō

Latin recipiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin receptiōnemlbor.

Portuguese recepção

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recepção f (plural recepções) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)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)
2. reception, front desk (the desk of a hotel, office etc. where guests are received)

Derived terms

• recepcionista

Related terms

• receber
• recetor

Further reading

• “recepção”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “recepção”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026