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receta

recipe

noun rreh-SEH-tah Rare

Also means

prescription

Usage Note

Receta covers both a culinary recipe and a medical prescription. Context usually disambiguates: receta de cocina (cooking recipe) vs receta médica (medical prescription). To 'fill a prescription' is surtir una receta in Latin America or despachar una receta in Spain.

Examples

"Siguió la receta al pie de la letra."

Natural Translation

She followed the recipe to the letter.

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