regalar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.ɣəˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.ɣaˈlaɾ]

Borrowed from French régaler.

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

1. (transitive) to delight, to indulge

   Synonym: adelitar

2. (distransitive) to give as a present, to gift
3. (pronominal) to indulge oneself

• a cavall regalat, no li miris el dentat
• regal
• regalat

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

1. to drip, to trickle

   Synonym: regalimar

• regalim

• “regalar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• arregalar

From French régaler.

• IPA^(key): [reɣaˈlaɾ]

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

1. (transitive) to treat; to indulge
2. (transitive, the eyes) to open wide one's eyes
3. (reflexive) to treat oneself
   • 1820, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Servís e Liberás:

     Us traballan, e non comen;
     E os outros, sin traballar,
     Regalanse como reises
     Coa suor de seus irmas;

     Some people work and don't eat;
     and others, without working,
     treat themselves as kings
     with their brothers' sweat;

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “regalar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “regalar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “regalar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “regalar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “regalar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From French régaler.^[1]

• Hyphenation: re‧ga‧lar

regalar (first-person singular present regalo, first-person singular preterite regalei, 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)

• Indo-Portuguese: regalá

• IPA^(key): /reɡaˈlaɾ/ [re.ɣ̞aˈlaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧ga‧lar

Disputed but likely from French régaler (“to treat, to cook well”), from régal (“treat”), from Old French galer (“to enjoy oneself”), from which English gala also is derived. Compare English regale. Not related to Latin regalis and English regal.

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

1. to give as a present, to gift
   • 2007, El sueño de Morfeo, Dentro de ti:

     Vuelve a reír, regálame lo que tú tienes. Lo guardaré dentro de mí como el mayor de los tesoros.

     Smile again, give me [the gift of] what you have. I'll guard it inside me like the greatest of treasures.

2. to regale, entertain

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

• “regalar”, 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

• alegrar