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recibir to receive, get; to welcome, to greet, to receive (guests, patients)

recibir is the #223 most common word in Spanish, a verb. It means “to receive, get; to welcome, to greet, to receive (guests, patients)” and is pronounced /reθiˈbiɾ/.

#223frequency rank
0.04%of everyday Spanish text
Level 1Beginner 1

Forms of recibir

FormWhat it isMeaning
reciboI · presentI receive
recibíI · pastI received
recibidopast participlereceived
recibirinfinitiveto receive
recibiendo-ing formreceiving
recibidosingular · past participlereceived
recibidasingular · past participlereceived
recibidosplural · past participlereceived
recibidasplural · past participlereceived
recibesyou · presentyou receive
recibísyou · presentyou receive
recibehe/she · presenthe/she receives
recibimoswe · presentwe receive
recibísyou (pl.) · presentyou (pl.) receive
recibenthey · presentthey receive
recibíaI · imperfectI used to receive
recibíasyou · imperfectyou used to receive
recibíahe/she · imperfecthe/she used to receive
recibíamoswe · imperfectwe used to receive
recibíaisyou (pl.) · imperfectyou (pl.) used to receive
recibíanthey · imperfectthey used to receive
recibisteyou · pastyou received
recibióhe/she · pasthe/she received
recibimoswe · pastwe received
recibisteisyou (pl.) · pastyou (pl.) received
recibieronthey · pastthey received
recibiréI · futureI will receive
recibirásyou · futureyou will receive
recibiráhe/she · futurehe/she will receive
recibiremoswe · futurewe will receive
recibiréisyou (pl.) · futureyou (pl.) will receive
recibiránthey · futurethey will receive
recibiríaI · conditionalI would receive
recibiríasyou · conditionalyou would receive
recibiríahe/she · conditionalhe/she would receive
recibiríamoswe · conditionalwe would receive
recibiríaisyou (pl.) · conditionalyou (pl.) would receive
recibiríanthey · conditionalthey would receive
recibaI · subjunctive present(that) I receive
recibasyou · subjunctive present(that) you receive
recibásyou · subjunctive present(that) you receive
recibahe/she · subjunctive present(that) he/she receive
recibamoswe · subjunctive present(that) we receive
recibáisyou (pl.) · subjunctive present(that) you (pl.) receive
recibanthey · subjunctive present(that) they receive
recibieraI · subjunctive imperfect(if) I received
recibierasyou · subjunctive imperfect(if) you received
recibierahe/she · subjunctive imperfect(if) he/she received

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