recibir
Spanish, verb/reθiˈbiɾ/
recibir is spelled R-E-C-I-B-I-R (7 letters) and appears 69 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,269th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recibir is a Spanish verb meaning “to receive, get” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tomar alguien algo que se le da o se le envía”.
What does recibir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to receive, get
- 2
to welcome, to greet, to receive (guests, patients)
Los recibiremos con mucho gusto.
- 3
to receive visitors
- 4
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tomar alguien algo que se le da o se le envía. 2. Referido a un objeto, contener, admitir o aceptar algo dentro de sí. 3. Ser objeto o punto de llegada de una acción; padecerla. 4. Acoger, dar espacio o cabida a algo o a alguien; admitirlo o aceptarlo.
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 recibir
- recibo first-person present singular
- recibí first-person preterite singular
- recibido participle past
- recibiendo gerund
- recibida feminine participle past
- recibidos masculine participle past
- recibidas feminine participle past
- recibes indicative informal present
- recibís indicative informal present
- recibe indicative present singular
- recibimos first-person indicative plural
- reciben indicative plural present
- recibía first-person imperfect indicative
- recibías imperfect indicative second-person
- recibíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- recibíais imperfect indicative plural
- recibían imperfect indicative plural
- recibiste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recibir?
- /reθiˈbiɾ/
- [re.θiˈβ̞iɾ]
- /resiˈbiɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to recibir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recibir in Spanish?
recibir appears 69 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).