receptar
Spanish, verb/reθebˈtaɾ/
receptar is spelled R-E-C-E-P-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written Spanish, the 224,790th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Receptar is a Spanish verb meaning “to receive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Recibir, acoger”.
What does receptar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to receive
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Recibir, acoger. 2. Ocultar o encubrir delincuentes o cosas que son materia de delito.
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 receptar
- recepto first-person present singular
- recepté first-person preterite singular
- receptado participle past
- receptando gerund
- receptada feminine participle past
- receptados masculine participle past
- receptadas feminine participle past
- receptas indicative informal present
- receptás indicative informal present
- recepta indicative present singular
- receptamos first-person indicative plural
- receptáis indicative plural present
- receptan indicative plural present
- receptaba first-person imperfect indicative
- receptabas imperfect indicative second-person
- receptábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- receptabais imperfect indicative plural
- receptaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce receptar?
- /reθebˈtaɾ/
- [re.θeβ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
- /resebˈtaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to receptar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is receptar in Spanish?
receptar appears about once in every 40 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).