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noun, masculine

receptáculo

/reθebˈtakulo/

noun, masculine/reθebˈtakulo/plural: receptáculos

receptacle

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