recibo

Galician

Verb

recibo

1. first-person singular present indicative of recibir

Portuguese

Etymology

Deverbal from receber (“to receive”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsi.bu/ [heˈsi.bu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsi.bu/ [heˈsi.bu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsi.bu/ [χeˈsi.bu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsi.bo/ [heˈsi.bo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈsi.bu/ [ʁɨˈsi.βu]

• Hyphenation: re‧ci‧bo

Noun

recibo m (plural recibos)

1. (money) receipt (written acknowledgement)

   Synonyms: comprovante, quitação

Related terms

• receber
• recipiente

Descendants

• Hunsrik: Resieb

Further reading

• “recibo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “recibo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “recibo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈθibo/ [reˈθi.β̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /reˈsibo/ [reˈsi.β̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: re‧ci‧bo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from recibir.

Noun

recibo m (plural recibos)

1. receipt (written acknowledgement of e.g. a sale)
2. (Mexico, El Salvador) bill (for e.g. electricity or water services)

   Synonyms: factura, cuenta

3. (Venezuela) living room

   Synonyms: sala de estar, sala, salón, (Argentina) living

Derived terms

• recibo bancario
• ser de recibo

Etymology 2

Verb

recibo

1. first-person singular present indicative of recibir
2. (obsolete) first-person singular present indicative of recebir

Further reading

• “recibo”, 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