🇪🇸 Spanish

receta

feminine

la receta

recipe

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receta
/la reˈθeta/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say receta in Spanish?

IPA
/la reˈθeta/

How do you pronounce receta in Spanish?

receta is pronounced /la reˈθeta/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La receta tradicional de mi abuela es muy antigua y deliciosa.

My grandmother's traditional recipe is very old and delicious.

Esta receta nueva es más fácil que la anterior.

This new recipe is easier than the previous one.

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Why is it feminine?

Receta is feminine because it derives from Latin "recēpta" (feminine past participle of "recipere," meaning "received" or "taken"), which retained its feminine grammatical gender through Spanish's evolution from Vulgar Latin, where many -a ending words inherited feminine gender from their Latin sources.

What is the Spanish word for recipe?

The Spanish word for recipe is la receta — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchrecettelafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianricettalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesereceitaafeminine

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