What does it mean word for word?
recetado is the past participle of the verb recetar, which is derived from receta, meaning 'recipe' or 'prescription'.
Which one should you use?
While recetado is common for medication, the formal word prescrito/a is also used to convey the idea of something being prescribed, especially regarding medical treatments or therapies.
How does it change in a sentence?
The form must agree with the noun it modifies. Use recetado for masculine singular nouns, recetada for feminine singular nouns (such as la medicina recetada), recetados for masculine plural nouns (such as los medicamentos recetados) and recetadas for feminine plural nouns (such as las dosis recetadas). To say something was 'prescribed by' a specific person, use the construction recetado por [person].
How do you pronounce it?
/reθetado/
Did you know?
- While recetado is the common term for medicine, prescrito is often used in legal contexts to describe a crime or a debt that has 'prescribed', meaning the legal time limit to prosecute or collect has expired.
- In some Spanish speaking countries, people use the verb mandar meaning 'to send' or 'to order' instead of recetar when saying a doctor prescribed a medicine.
- If you are at a pharmacy in a Spanish-speaking country, you do not ask for a 'prescription' using the word prescripción, as that sounds like a formal decree. Instead, you ask for your receta.
Examples in context
- Me sentí mejor tras tomarme el medicamento que me había recetado el médico.I felt better after taking the medicine the doctor had prescribed.This sentence shows how to use recetado to describe a medicine authorized by a doctor.Tatoeba #6797186 by arh, translation #6797157 by CK
- El médico me recetó estos medicamentos para el dolor de cabeza.The doctor prescribed me these medications for the headache.
- El especialista ha prescrito una terapia de rehabilitación.The specialist has prescribed a rehabilitation therapy.
- El doctor me ha mandado descansar durante una semana.The doctor has prescribed me a week of rest.
- El medicamento recetado es para la fiebre.The prescribed medicine is for the fever.
- ¿Es este el tratamiento recetado por el especialista?Is this the treatment prescribed by the specialist?
Example conversation
Daniel and María are talking at home about his health.
- DanielNo sé si debo tomar el jarabe recetado ahora.I don't know if I should take the prescribed syrup now.
- MaríaSí, Daniel, debes seguir las instrucciones del médico.Yes, Daniel, you must follow the doctor's instructions.
- Daniel¿Me traes un vaso de agua, María?Will you bring me a glass of water, María?
- MaríaClaro, ahora mismo te lo llevo.Of course, I'll bring it to you right now.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
