receptáculo
Portuguese, noun/ʁe.se.piˈta.ku.lu/
receptáculo is spelled R-E-C-E-P-T-Á-C-U-L-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,826th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Receptáculo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Brazil spelling of recetáculo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lugar onde se junta ou se guarda alguma coisa”.
What does receptáculo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineBrazil spelling of recetáculo
- 2
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of recetáculo; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lugar onde se junta ou se guarda alguma coisa 2. abrigo 3. esconderijo 4. tanque que recebe águas de diferentes pontos
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 receptáculo
- receptáculos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce receptáculo?
- Brazil /ʁe.se.piˈta.ku.lu/
- Brazil [he.se.piˈta.ku.lu]
- Brazil /ʁe.sepˈta.ku.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to receptáculo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is receptáculo in Portuguese?
receptáculo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).