recepción
Spanish, noun/reθebˈθjon/
recepción is spelled R-E-C-E-P-C-I-Ó-N (9 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,150th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recepción is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “reception” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “La acción y el efecto de recibir algo o alguien”.
What does recepción mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininereception
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. La acción y el efecto de recibir algo o alguien. 2. Recepción de señales eléctricas o electromagnéticas en sonido o imagen. 3. La oficina o despacho en hoteles o edificios donde se registra los nuevos huéspedes o invitados. 4. Reunión o ceremonia con carácter oficial en la que se celebra un personaje importante, un festejado, un suceso memorable, un acto oficial, un feliz acontecimiento, etcétera.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of recepción
- recepciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recepción?
- /reθebˈθjon/
- [re.θeβ̞ˈθjõn]
- /resebˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to recepción
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recepción in Spanish?
recepción appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).