receta
Spanish, noun
receta is spelled R-E-C-E-T-A (6 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,864th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Receta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “prescription (a doctor's written order authorizing medicine or a treatment)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of recetar. With an accent, recetá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of recetar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Nota que comprende aquello de que debe componerse algo, y el modo de hacerlo”.
What does receta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprescription (a doctor's written order authorizing medicine or a treatment)
- 2
femininerecipe (instructions for cooking food)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of recetar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nota que comprende aquello de que debe componerse algo, y el modo de hacerlo. 2. Prescripción facultativa. 3. Nota escrita de esta prescripción₂. 4. Relación de partidas que se pasa de una contaduría a otra para que por ella se pueda tomar la cuenta al asentista o arrendador.
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 receta
- recetas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to receta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is receta in Spanish?
receta appears 16 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).