regalo

See also: regaló and regalò

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish regalo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾeˈɡalo/ [ɾeˈɡa.l̪o]
• Hyphenation: re‧ga‧lo

Noun

regálo (Basahan spelling ᜍᜒᜄᜎᜓ)

1. a gift, a present

   Synonyms: dulot, premiyo

Derived terms

• magregalo
• regalohan

 

Catalan

Verb

regalo

1. first-person singular present indicative of regalar

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish regalo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: re‧ga‧lo
• IPA^(key): /ɾeˈɡalo/ [ɾ̪eˈɡa.l̪o]

Noun

regalo

1. a gift; a present

Verb

regalo

1. to give as a gift
2. to give away

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish regalo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈɡalo/, [reˈɡa.lo]

• IPA^(key): /reˈɡaluʔ/, [reˈɡa.luʔ] (Ternateño)
• Hyphenation: re‧ga‧lo

Noun

regalo

1. gift

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since 1707. Probably borrowed from Spanish regalo, likely from French régal (“treat”), from Old French galer (“to enjoy oneself”), which English gala also derives from.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /reˈɡalo/ [reˈɣ̞ɑ.lʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /reˈɡalo/ [reˈɣ̞ɑ.lʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /reˈħalo/ [reˈħɑ.lʊ]

• Rhymes: -alo
• Hyphenation: re‧ga‧lo

Noun

regalo m (plural regalos)

1. delicatessen, treat
   • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:

     E se eu fora sua Ama,
     que de regalos comera
     e mais avia d'andar
     metida nunha Liteyra.

     If I was her milkmaid
     so many treats I would eat
     and I would go around
     inside a litter

2. gift

   Synonyms: agasallo, presente

Derived terms

• regalía

 

Related terms

• regalar

 

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “regalo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “regalo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “regalo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

regalo

1. first-person singular present indicative of regalar

Italian

Etymology

From French régal or Spanish regalo (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈɡa.lo/
• Rhymes: -alo
• Hyphenation: re‧gà‧lo

Noun

regalo m (plural regali)

1. present, gift

   Synonyms: presente, dono

Anagrams

• algore, galero, regola

Papiamentu

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish regalo or Portuguese regalo.

Noun

regalo

1. gift, present

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈɡa.lu/ [heˈɡa.lu], /ʁiˈɡa.lu/ [hiˈɡa.lu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈɡa.lu/ [heˈɡa.lu], /ʁiˈɡa.lu/ [hiˈɡa.lu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈɡa.lu/ [χeˈɡa.lu], /ʁiˈɡa.lu/ [χiˈɡa.lu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈɡa.lo/ [heˈɡa.lo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈɡa.lu/ [ʁɨˈɣa.lu]

• Rhymes: -alu
• Homophone: regá-lo
• Hyphenation: re‧ga‧lo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from regalar.

Noun

regalo m (plural regalos)

1. pleasure; satisfaction; contentment
2. gift (something given to another without charge)

   Synonym: presente

3. muff (a piece of fur or cloth for keeping the hands warm)

   Synonym: manguito

Etymology 2

Verb

regalo

1. first-person singular present indicative of regalar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈɡalo/ [reˈɣ̞a.lo]

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• Rhymes: -alo
• Syllabification: re‧ga‧lo

Etymology 1

Likely from French régal (“treat”), from Old French galer (“to enjoy oneself”), which English gala also derives from.

Noun

regalo m (plural regalos)

1. present, gift

   Synonym: obsequio

Derived terms

• cheque regalo
• papel de regalo
• regalito
• tarjeta de regalo
• tarjeta regalo

 

Related terms

• regalar
• regalón

 

Etymology 2

Verb

regalo

1. first-person singular present indicative of regalar
2. second-person singular voseo imperative of regar combined with lo

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• rigalo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish regalo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɾeˈɡalo/ [ɾɛˈɣaː.lo]
• Rhymes: -alo
• Syllabification: re‧ga‧lo

Noun

regalo (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜄᜎᜓ)

1. gift; present

   Synonyms: handog, bigay, alay

Derived terms

• iregalo
• magparegalo
• magregalo
• panregalo
• regaluhan

 

See also

• aginaldo
• diyas
• pabor
• pasalubong

 

Anagrams

• areglo