regalía

See also: regalia

Galician

Etymology 1

From Spanish regalía, from Latin regalis (“royal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [reɣaˈliɐ]

Noun

regalía f (plural regalías)

1. bonus
2. royalty

Etymology 2

From regalo (“treat”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [reɣaˈliɐ]

Noun

regalía f (plural regalías)

1. pleasure, satisfaction; indulgence

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “regalía”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “regalía”, 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), “regalía”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “regalía”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rēgālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reɡaˈlia/ [re.ɣ̞aˈli.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: re‧ga‧lí‧a

Noun

regalía f (plural regalías)

1. royal privilege
2. (by extension) privilege

   Synonyms: privilegio, prerrogativa, ventaja

3. royalty (payment)

Descendants

• → Galician: regalía
• → Portuguese: regalia

Further reading

• “regalía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10