recetar
Spanish, verb/reθeˈtaɾ/
recetar is spelled R-E-C-E-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 59,847th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recetar is a Spanish verb meaning “to prescribe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Prescribir un medicamento, con expresión de su dosis, preparación y uso”.
What does recetar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prescribe
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Prescribir un medicamento, con expresión de su dosis, preparación y uso. 2. Pedir alguna cosa de palabra o por escrito.
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 recetar
- receto first-person present singular
- receté first-person preterite singular
- recetado participle past
- recetando gerund
- recetada feminine participle past
- recetados masculine participle past
- recetadas feminine participle past
- recetas indicative informal present
- recetás indicative informal present
- receta indicative present singular
- recetamos first-person indicative plural
- recetáis indicative plural present
- recetan indicative plural present
- recetaba first-person imperfect indicative
- recetabas imperfect indicative second-person
- recetábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- recetabais imperfect indicative plural
- recetaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recetar?
- /reθeˈtaɾ/
- [re.θeˈt̪aɾ]
- /reseˈtaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to recetar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recetar in Spanish?
recetar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).