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Thursday July 12, 2007

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receta, noun:
recipe; prescription

The ‘false friend’ that we will be looking at today is receta. Be careful not to use receipt as a translation. A receipt in Spanish is un ticket de compra or un recibo.

¿Tiene el ticket de compra del vestido?
Do you have the receipt for the dress?

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