recebe

Recebe is a common Portuguese verb form that means to receive, to obtain, or to accept. It is the third-person singular present indicative form of the verb receber. The full present tense forms are eu recebo, tu recebes, ele/ela recebe, nós recebemos, vós recebeis, eles/elas recebem. In Brazilian Portuguese, the form with the pronoun você corresponds to ele/ela, so you say você recebe.

Etymology and scope: receber comes from Latin recipere, meaning to take back or to take hold. Over time, the verb expanded to cover the sense of obtaining or accepting something received from another person, a thing, or a situation. The form recebe reflects the phonetic and orthographic evolution of the language, aligning with standard Portuguese conjugation patterns.

Usage: recebe is used to indicate that a subject is currently obtaining or accepting something. Examples include Ele recebe uma carta todas as manhãs (He receives a letter every morning), Ela recebe o salário no fim do mês (She receives the salary at the end of the month), O gerente recebe os clientes na recepção (The manager receives clients at the reception). It also appears in questions and dependent clauses, such as Você recebe as encomendas amanhã? or Quando ele recebe a confirmação?

Notes: As with any verb, the form recebe agrees with the subject in number and person. Brazilian usage often relies on você for the second person singular, yielding você recebe, whereas in European Portuguese tu receives would be tu receives (tu recebes). The noun form recebimento refers to the act or process of receiving.