día del Señor
Spanish
Etymology
Compound of día + del + Señor, literally “day of the Lord”, a calque of Latin diēs Dominicus (“Sunday”, literally “Lord's day”), whence Spanish domingo (“Sunday”). Compare Portuguese dia do Senhor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌdia del seˈɲoɾ/ [ˌd̪i.a ð̞el seˈɲoɾ]
- Syllabification: dí‧a del Se‧ñor
Noun
día del Señor m (plural días del Señor)
- (Christianity) Sunday; Lord's Day
- Synonym: domingo
Further reading
- “día del Señor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024