receber
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.seˈbe(ʁ)/
receber is spelled R-E-C-E-B-E-R (7 letters) and appears 107 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 911th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Receber is a Portuguese verb meaning “to get; to receive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “passar a estar em poder de (um objeto qualquer)”.
What does receber mean in English?
verb
- 1
to get; to receive
- 2
to collect or receive payment
- 3
to receive (to act as a host for guests)
- 4
to be hit by something
Eu receberia uma bolada no rosto se ficasse lá.
- 5
to receive (to detect a signal from a transmitter)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. passar a estar em poder de (um objeto qualquer) 2. aceitar em pagamento 3. admitir 4. acolher
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of receber
- recebo first-person present singular
- recebi first-person preterite singular
- recebido participle past
- receberes infinitive second-person singular
- recebermos first-person infinitive plural
- receberdes infinitive plural second-person
- receberem infinitive plural third-person
- recebendo gerund
- recebidos masculine participle past
- recebida feminine participle past
- recebidas feminine participle past
- recebes indicative present second-person
- recebe indicative present singular
- recebemos first-person indicative plural
- recebeis indicative plural present
- recebem indicative plural present
- recebia first-person imperfect indicative
- recebias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce receber?
- Brazil /ʁe.seˈbe(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.seˈbe(h)]
- /ʁe.seˈbe(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to receber
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is receber in Portuguese?
receber appears 107 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).