receptar
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.se.piˈta(ʁ)/
receptar is spelled R-E-C-E-P-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written Portuguese, the 207,250th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Receptar is a Portuguese verb meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of recetar; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “receber algo furtado ou roubado”.
What does receptar mean in English?
verb
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of recetar; 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
verb: 1. receber algo furtado ou roubado
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 receptar
- recepto first-person present singular
- receptei first-person preterite singular
- receptado participle past
- receptares infinitive second-person singular
- receptarmos first-person infinitive plural
- receptardes infinitive plural second-person
- receptarem infinitive plural third-person
- receptando gerund
- receptados masculine participle past
- receptada feminine participle past
- receptadas feminine participle past
- receptas indicative present second-person
- recepta indicative present singular
- receptamos first-person indicative plural
- receptais indicative plural present
- receptam indicative plural present
- receptava first-person imperfect indicative
- receptavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce receptar?
- Brazil /ʁe.se.piˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.se.piˈta(h)]
- Brazil /ʁe.sepˈta(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is receptar in Portuguese?
receptar appears about once in every 55 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).