receptar

Receptar is a verb that appears in some Iberian languages with senses related to medical practice, particularly the act of issuing a prescription. In modern Spanish, however, the standard verb for prescribing medication is recetar. Receptar is generally considered regional, archaic, or nonstandard in contemporary usage and is rarely found in formal medical writing. When encountered in Spanish, it is usually in historical texts or in dialectal speech, and many speakers would prefer recetar.

In Portuguese, the corresponding term for prescribing is receitar. Receptar is not part of standard Portuguese and is seldom used today, typically appearing only as an older or regional variant in limited sources.

Across dialects and historical texts, receptar may appear as a variant spelling linked to the same semantic field as receta/receta (the prescription itself) and can reflect older orthographic practices or lexical drift. Nevertheless, for practical purposes in modern medical communication, recetar (Spanish) and receitar/receitar (Portuguese) are the accepted forms.

Summary: receptar exists as a rarely used, regional, or historical form associated with the act of prescribing, but it does not represent the current standard in either Spanish or Portuguese. The dominant verbs are recetar in Spanish and receitar/receitar in Portuguese.

Etymology: linked to the same root as receta/receta in Romance languages, from Latin recipere (to take back, to receive).