receita
Portuguese, noun/ʁeˈsej.tɐ/
receita is spelled R-E-C-E-I-T-A (7 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,261st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Receita is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “recipe (instructions for making or preparing food dishes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of receitar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fórmula para a preparação de produtos culinários ou industriais; prescrição”.
What does receita mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerecipe (instructions for making or preparing food dishes)
- 2
feminineprescription (written order for the administration of a medicine)
- 3
feminineformula for a medicine
- 4
feminineincome (money one or an organisation earns)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fórmula para a preparação de produtos culinários ou industriais; prescrição 2. rendimento de um estado, duma corporação, de uma empresa, etc. 3. quantia recebida 4. prescrição de medicamentos que um paciente deve tomar
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 receita
- receitas plural
- receyta alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce receita?
- Brazil /ʁeˈsej.tɐ/
- Brazil [heˈseɪ̯.tɐ]
- /ʁeˈsej.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to receita
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is receita in Portuguese?
receita appears 27 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).