receio
Portuguese, noun/ʁeˈsej.u/
receio is spelled R-E-C-E-I-O (6 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Receio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fear, awe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of recear. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “medo”.
What does receio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefear, awe
Eu tenho receio de tentar coisas novas.
- 2
masculineconcern, apprehension, trepidation
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of recear
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. medo 2. intuição, prevenção, precaução, suspeita
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 receio
- receios plural
- receyo alternative obsolete
- arreceio alternative archaic
- arreceyo alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce receio?
- Brazil /ʁeˈsej.u/
- Brazil [heˈseɪ̯.u]
- /ʁeˈsej.u/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to receio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is receio in Portuguese?
receio appears 12 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).