regalar

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French régaler.

Verb

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of regalar (first conjugation)

infinitive			regalar
gerund			regalant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		regalat		regalada
		plural		regalats		regalades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	regalo	regales	regala	regalem	regaleu	regalen
	imperfect	regalava	regalaves	regalava	regalàvem	regalàveu	regalaven
	future	regalaré	regalaràs	regalarà	regalarem	regalareu	regalaran
	preterite	regalí	regalares	regalà	regalàrem	regalàreu	regalaren
	conditional	regalaria	regalaries	regalaria	regalaríem	regalaríeu	regalarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	regali	regalis	regali	regalem	regaleu	regalin
	imperfect	regalés	regalessis	regalés	regaléssim	regaléssiu	regalessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	regala	regali	regalem	regaleu	regalin
	negative (no)	—	no regalis	no regali	no regalem	no regaleu	no regalin

Derived terms

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

Etymology 2

Verb

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

1. to drip, to trickle

   Synonym: regalimar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of regalar (first conjugation)

infinitive			regalar
gerund			regalant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		regalat		regalada
		plural		regalats		regalades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	regalo	regales	regala	regalem	regaleu	regalen
	imperfect	regalava	regalaves	regalava	regalàvem	regalàveu	regalaven
	future	regalaré	regalaràs	regalarà	regalarem	regalareu	regalaran
	preterite	regalí	regalares	regalà	regalàrem	regalàreu	regalaren
	conditional	regalaria	regalaries	regalaria	regalaríem	regalaríeu	regalarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	regali	regalis	regali	regalem	regaleu	regalin
	imperfect	regalés	regalessis	regalés	regaléssim	regaléssiu	regalessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	regala	regali	regalem	regaleu	regalin
	negative (no)	—	no regalis	no regali	no regalem	no regaleu	no regalin

Derived terms

• regalim

Further reading

• “regalar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Alternative forms

• arregalar

Etymology

From French régaler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [reɣaˈlaɾ]

Verb

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;

Conjugation

    Conjugation of regalar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	regalar
Personal	regalar	regalares	regalar	regalarmos	regalardes	regalaren
Gerund
	regalando
Past participle
Masculine	regalado			regalados
Feminine	regalada			regaladas
Indicative
Present	regalo	regalas	regala	regalamos	regalades	regalan
Imperfect	regalaba	regalabas	regalaba	regalabamos	regalabades	regalaban
Preterite	regalei	regalaches	regalou	regalamos	regalastes	regalaron
Pluperfect	regalara	regalaras	regalara	regalaramos	regalarades	regalaran
Future	regalarei	regalarás	regalará	regalaremos	regalaredes	regalarán
Conditional	regalaría	regalarías	regalaría	regalariamos	regalariades	regalarían
Subjunctive
Present	regale	regales	regale	regalemos	regaledes	regalen
Imperfect	regalase	regalases	regalase	regalásemos	regalásedes	regalasen
Future	regalar	regalares	regalar	regalarmos	regalardes	regalaren
Imperative
Affirmative		regala	regale	regalemos	regalade	regalen
Negative (non)		non regales	non regale	non regalemos	non regaledes	non regalen

    Reintegrated conjugation of regalar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	regalar
Personal	regalar	regalares	regalar	regalarmos	regalardes	regalarem
Gerund
	regalando
Past participle
Masculine	regalado			regalados
Feminine	regalada			regaladas
Indicative
Present	regalo	regalas	regala	regalamos	regalades, regalais	regalam
Imperfect	regalava	regalavas	regalava	regalávamos	regalávades, regaláveis, regalávais1	regalavam
Preterite	regalei	regalaste, regalache1	regalou	regalamos	regalastes	regalárom, regalaram
Pluperfect	regalara	regalaras	regalara	regaláramos	regalárades, regaláreis, regalárais1	regalaram
Future	regalarei	regalarás	regalará	regalaremos	regalaredes, regalareis	regalarám, regalarão
Conditional	regalaria	regalarias	regalaria	regalaríamos	regalaríades, regalaríeis, regalaríais1	regalariam
Subjunctive
Present	regale	regales	regale	regalemos	regaledes, regaleis	regalem
Imperfect	regalasse	regalasses	regalasse	regalássemos	regalássedes, regalásseis	regalassem
Future	regalar	regalares	regalar	regalarmos	regalardes	regalarem
Imperative
Affirmative		regala	regale	regalemos	regalade, regalai	regalem
Negative (nom)		nom regales	nom regale	nom regalemos	nom regaledes, nom regaleis	nom regalem

¹Less recommended.

References

• 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, 2012–2024
• 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

Portuguese

Etymology

From French régaler.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ɡaˈla(ʁ)/ [he.ɡaˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ɡaˈla(ʁ)/ [he.ɡaˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ɡaˈla(ɾ)/ [he.ɡaˈla(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ɡaˈla(ʁ)/ [χe.ɡaˈla(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ɡaˈla(ɻ)/ [he.ɡaˈla(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.ɡɐˈlaɾ/ [ʁɨ.ɣɐˈlaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.ɡɐˈlaɾ/ [ʁɨ.ɣɐˈlaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.ɡɐˈla.ɾi/ [ʁɨ.ɣɐˈla.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: re‧ga‧lar

Verb

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)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of regalar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	regalar
Personal	regalar	regalares	regalar	regalarmos	regalardes	regalarem
Gerund
	regalando
Past participle
Masculine	regalado			regalados
Feminine	regalada			regaladas
Indicative
Present	regalo	regalas	regala	regalamos	regalais	regalam
Imperfect	regalava	regalavas	regalava	regalávamos	regaláveis	regalavam
Preterite	regalei	regalaste	regalou	regalamos1, regalámos2	regalastes	regalaram
Pluperfect	regalara	regalaras	regalara	regaláramos	regaláreis	regalaram
Future	regalarei	regalarás	regalará	regalaremos	regalareis	regalarão
Conditional	regalaria	regalarias	regalaria	regalaríamos	regalaríeis	regalariam
Subjunctive
Present	regale	regales	regale	regalemos	regaleis	regalem
Imperfect	regalasse	regalasses	regalasse	regalássemos	regalásseis	regalassem
Future	regalar	regalares	regalar	regalarmos	regalardes	regalarem
Imperative
Affirmative		regala	regale	regalemos	regalai	regalem
Negative (não)		não regales	não regale	não regalemos	não regaleis	não regalem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Descendants

• Indo-Portuguese: regalá

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reɡaˈlaɾ/ [re.ɣ̞aˈlaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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

Etymology 1

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.

Verb

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of regalar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			regalar
gerund			regalando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		regalado		regalada
		plural		regalados		regaladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	regalo	regalastú regalásvos	regala	regalamos	regaláis	regalan
	imperfect	regalaba	regalabas	regalaba	regalábamos	regalabais	regalaban
	preterite	regalé	regalaste	regaló	regalamos	regalasteis	regalaron
	future	regalaré	regalarás	regalará	regalaremos	regalaréis	regalarán
	conditional	regalaría	regalarías	regalaría	regalaríamos	regalaríais	regalarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	regale	regalestú regalésvos2	regale	regalemos	regaléis	regalen
	imperfect (ra)	regalara	regalaras	regalara	regaláramos	regalarais	regalaran
	imperfect (se)	regalase	regalases	regalase	regalásemos	regalaseis	regalasen
	future1	regalare	regalares	regalare	regaláremos	regalareis	regalaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		regalatú regalávos	regale	regalemos	regalad	regalen
	negative		no regales	no regale	no regalemos	no regaléis	no regalen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of regalar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive regalar	dative	regalarme	regalarte	regalarle, regalarse	regalarnos	regalaros	regalarles, regalarse
	accusative	regalarme	regalarte	regalarlo, regalarla, regalarse	regalarnos	regalaros	regalarlos, regalarlas, regalarse
with gerund regalando	dative	regalándome	regalándote	regalándole, regalándose	regalándonos	regalándoos	regalándoles, regalándose
	accusative	regalándome	regalándote	regalándolo, regalándola, regalándose	regalándonos	regalándoos	regalándolos, regalándolas, regalándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative regala	dative	regálame	regálate	regálale	regálanos	not used	regálales
	accusative	regálame	regálate	regálalo, regálala	regálanos	not used	regálalos, regálalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative regalá	dative	regalame	regalate	regalale	regalanos	not used	regalales
	accusative	regalame	regalate	regalalo, regalala	regalanos	not used	regalalos, regalalas
with formal second-person singular imperative regale	dative	regáleme	not used	regálele, regálese	regálenos	not used	regáleles
	accusative	regáleme	not used	regálelo, regálela, regálese	regálenos	not used	regálelos, regálelas
with first-person plural imperative regalemos	dative	not used	regalémoste	regalémosle	regalémonos	regalémoos	regalémosles
	accusative	not used	regalémoste	regalémoslo, regalémosla	regalémonos	regalémoos	regalémoslos, regalémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative regalad	dative	regaladme	not used	regaladle	regaladnos	regalaos	regaladles
	accusative	regaladme	not used	regaladlo, regaladla	regaladnos	regalaos	regaladlos, regaladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative regalen	dative	regálenme	not used	regálenle	regálennos	not used	regálenles, regálense
	accusative	regálenme	not used	regálenlo, regálenla	regálennos	not used	regálenlos, regálenlas, regálense

Derived terms

• a caballo regalado no le mires el diente

 

Related terms

• regalo

 

Etymology 2

Verb

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of regalar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			regalar
gerund			regalando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		regalado		regalada
		plural		regalados		regaladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	regalo	regalastú regalásvos	regala	regalamos	regaláis	regalan
	imperfect	regalaba	regalabas	regalaba	regalábamos	regalabais	regalaban
	preterite	regalé	regalaste	regaló	regalamos	regalasteis	regalaron
	future	regalaré	regalarás	regalará	regalaremos	regalaréis	regalarán
	conditional	regalaría	regalarías	regalaría	regalaríamos	regalaríais	regalarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	regale	regalestú regalésvos2	regale	regalemos	regaléis	regalen
	imperfect (ra)	regalara	regalaras	regalara	regaláramos	regalarais	regalaran
	imperfect (se)	regalase	regalases	regalase	regalásemos	regalaseis	regalasen
	future1	regalare	regalares	regalare	regaláremos	regalareis	regalaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		regalatú regalávos	regale	regalemos	regalad	regalen
	negative		no regales	no regale	no regalemos	no regaléis	no regalen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “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], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• alegrar