Polyglot Dictionary

dádiva

/ˈdadʒivɐ/

a noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as dádivas

Meaning

  1. gift

    • É uma dádiva.

      It's a gift.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

presente

dádiva is more formal or literary; presente is more everyday — both mean "gift."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

dádiva

dádiva is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "gift."

Spanish

obsequio

obsequio is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "gift."

French

cadeau

cadeau is the French word for the same thing — both mean "gift."

Practice

1 What does dádiva mean?

2 Fill the gap: É uma ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches dádiva?

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