receta

See also: recetá

Asturian

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin recepta.

Noun

receta f (plural recetes)

1. recipe (instructions for making or preparing food dishes)

Portuguese

Verb

receta

1. inflection of recetar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /reˈθeta/ [reˈθe.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /reˈseta/ [reˈse.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: re‧ce‧ta

Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin recepta.

Noun

receta f (plural recetas)

1. prescription (a doctor's written order authorizing medicine or a treatment)

   Synonym: (obsolete) recepta

2. recipe (instructions for cooking food)

Derived terms

• recetar
• recetario

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: reseta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

receta

1. inflection of recetar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “receta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014