recado

recado

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese recado, from recadar, from Vulgar Latin *recapitō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈka.du/ [heˈka.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈka.du/ [heˈka.du]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈka.du/ [χeˈka.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈka.do/ [heˈka.do]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈka.du/ [ʁɨˈka.ðu]

• Hyphenation: re‧ca‧do

Noun

recado m (plural recados)

1. message
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 186:

     Tenho um recado para você.

     I have a message for you.

2. errand

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Spanish

Etymology

From recadar, from Vulgar Latin *recapitō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈkado/ [reˈka.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: re‧ca‧do

Noun

recado m (plural recados)

1. a message

   Synonym: mensaje

2. errand

   un chico de recados ― an errand boy

3. (Guatemala) a tomato-based sauce
   • 2009 Gabriela Montenegro-Bethancourt; Colleen M. Doak; Noel Solomons. "Fruit and vegetable intake of schoolchildren in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala". Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública 25(2) (Feb 2009). p. 146–155.

     On the other hand, foods such as recado (a tomato-based sauce) and stews, which are part of the traditional food pattern but entail the combination of vegetables with more energy-dense foods, would not meet WCRF recommendations.

Derived terms

• recado rojo
• hacer un recado (“to run an errand”)

Further reading

• “recado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014