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receção

Portuguese, noun/ʁe.seˈsɐ̃w̃/

receção is spelled R-E-C-E-Ç-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 36,796th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Receção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “European Portuguese standard spelling of recepção” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide recepção”.

What does receção mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineEuropean Portuguese standard spelling of recepção

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. vide recepção

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 receção

  • receções plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce receção?

  • Brazil /ʁe.seˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [he.seˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • /ʁe.seˈsɐ̃w̃/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to receção

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is receção in Portuguese?

receção appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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