regalar

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /rə.ɡəˈla/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /re.ɡaˈlaɾ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French régaler.

Verb

regalar (first-person singular present regalo, past participle regalat)

  1. to give as a present, to gift

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Etymology 2

Verb

regalar (first-person singular present regalo, past participle regalat)

  1. to drip, to trickle
    Synonym: regalimar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From French régaler.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeɡaˈlaʁ/

Verb

regalar (first-person singular present indicative regalo, past participle regalado)

  1. (transitive) to treat (to reward with a present)
  2. (transitive) to regale (to treat or entertain)
  3. (intransitive or reflexive) to chill out (to relax or take time out)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reɡaˈlaɾ/, [reɣaˈlaɾ]

Etymology 1

Disputed but likely from French régaler (to treat, to cook well), from French régal (treat), from Old French galer (to enjoy oneself), which English gala also derives from. Compare regale.

Verb

regalar (first-person singular present regalo, first-person singular preterite regalé, past participle regalado)

  1. to give as a present, to gift
  2. to regale, entertain

Conjugation

      Derived terms

      Etymology 2

      Verb

      regalar (first-person singular present regalo, first-person singular preterite regalé, past participle regalado)

      1. (transitive, reflexive) to melt (change from a solid to a liquid state)
        Synonym: derretir

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