recepción

See also: recepcion

Hungarian

Etymology

recepció +‎ -n

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛt͡sɛpt͡sijoːn]
• Hyphenation: re‧cep‧ci‧ón

Noun

recepción

1. superessive singular of recepció

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin receptiōnem (“the act of receiving; reception”), from recipiō (“receive”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“to hold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reθebˈθjon/ [re.θeβ̞ˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /resebˈsjon/ [re.seβ̞ˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: re‧cep‧ción

Noun

recepción f (plural recepciones)

1. reception

   Synonym: recibimiento

Derived terms

• recepcionar

Related terms

• recepcionista
• receptáculo
• receptar
• receptor
• recibir

Further reading

• “recepción”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025