dádiva

See also: dadiva

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin datīva, plural of datīvum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdadiba/ [ˈd̪a.ð̞i.β̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -adiba
• Hyphenation: dá‧di‧va

Noun

dádiva f (plural dádivas)

1. gift, donation, handout

   Synonyms: obsequio, doazón

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “dadiua”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “dadiua”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “dádiva”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “dádiva”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “dádiva”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese dadiva, from Latin datīva, plural of datīvum. The shift in stress is possibly due to the influence of dēbita (“debt”), from the tendency of learned words having stress on their first syllable, or from the reinterpretation of the word as dado (“given”) with a suffix.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda.d͡ʒi.vɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda.d͡ʒi.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda.d͡ʒi.va/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈda.di.vɐ/ [ˈda.ði.vɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈda.di.vɐ/ [ˈda.ði.vɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈda.di.bɐ/ [ˈda.ði.βɐ]

• Hyphenation: dá‧di‧va

Noun

dádiva f (plural dádivas)

1. gift (something given without charge as a gesture of good will)

   Synonym: presente (but see usage notes)

2. blessing (a very favourable circumstance, occurrence or object)

   Synonym: bênção

Usage notes

In the sense of “gift”, dádiva is more often used for abstract or symbolic gifts, whereas presente is more often used for physical objects.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin datīva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdadiba/ [ˈd̪a.ð̞i.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -adiba
• Syllabification: dá‧di‧va

Noun

dádiva f (plural dádivas)

1. gift, donation, handout

   Synonyms: obsequio, presente, regalo

Derived terms

• dádivas quebrantan peñas
• dadivoso

 

Further reading

• “dádiva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28