dar de alta

Spanish

Verb

dar de alta (first-person singular present doy de alta, first-person singular preterite di de alta, past participle dado de alta)

1. (transitive, idiomatic) to discharge (to release a patient from the hospital)

   Synonym: dar de baja

2. (transitive, reflexive, idiomatic) to register as, to sign up for (to join a service or an organization)

   Antonym: dar de baja

Alternative forms

• dar el alta (to discharge)
• darse de alta (reflexive)

Further reading

• “dar de alta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28