recetáculo

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Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin receptāculum (receptacle), from receptō (to receive back or again, to recover), frequentative of recipiō (to receive; to hold back, to reserve), from re- (back, again) + capiō (to hold).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: re‧ce‧tá‧cu‧lo

Noun[edit]

recetáculo m (plural recetáculos)

  1. receptacle

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