recitativo

English

Etymology

Italian. Doublet of recitative.

Noun

recitativo (plural recitativos or recitativoes)

1. (music) A recitative.

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian recitativo.

Adverb

recitativo

1. (music) recitativo: recitative

Further reading

• “recitativo”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re.t͡ʃi.taˈti.vo/
• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: re‧ci‧ta‧tì‧vo

Adjective

recitativo (feminine recitativa, masculine plural recitativi, feminine plural recitative)

1. recited
2. (relational) recitation

Noun

recitativo m (plural recitativi)

1. (music) recitative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.si.taˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [he.si.taˈt͡ʃi.vu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.si.taˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [he.si.taˈt͡ʃi.vu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.si.taˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [χe.si.taˈt͡ʃi.vu]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.si.tɐˈti.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.si.tɐˈti.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.si.tɐˈti.bu/ [ʁɨ.si.tɐˈti.βu]

• Hyphenation: re‧ci‧ta‧ti‧vo

Adjective

recitativo (feminine recitativa, masculine plural recitativos, feminine plural recitativas)

1. intended for reciting

Noun

recitativo m (plural recitativos)

1. (music) recitative (dialogue in an opera)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reθitaˈtibo/ [re.θi.t̪aˈt̪i.β̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /resitaˈtibo/ [re.si.t̪aˈt̪i.β̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: re‧ci‧ta‧ti‧vo

Adjective

recitativo (feminine recitativa, masculine plural recitativos, feminine plural recitativas)

1. recitative

Further reading

• “recitativo”, 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