Polyglot Dictionary

recipiente

/ʁesiˈpjẽtʃi/

o noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os recipientes

Meaning

  1. container

    • Guarde as sobras num recipiente.

      Store the leftovers in a container.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

contêiner

contêiner specifically means a large shipping or storage container; recipiente is the general everyday word for "container."

Similar in other languages

German

Behälter

Behälter is the German word for the same thing — both mean "container."

Spanish

envase

envase is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "container."

Spanish

recipiente

recipiente is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "container."

Practice

1 What does recipiente mean?

2 Fill the gap: Guarde as sobras num ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches recipiente?

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