brindar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish brindar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Homophone: brindà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

brindar (first-person singular present brindo, first-person singular preterite brindí, past participle brindat)

1. to toast (engage in a salutation)

Conjugation

Related terms

• brindis

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1707. From brinde (“a toast”), probably borrowed from Spanish brindis, ultimately from German bring dir's (literally “bring it (i.e. a toast) to thee”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾinˈdaɾ/

Verb

brindar (first-person singular present brindo, first-person singular preterite brindei, past participle brindado)

1. to toast (engage in a salutation)
   • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:

     Afonso:
     Eu brindo po la saude
     da nosa Siñora Reyna
     Christobo:
     Eu brindo po lo Infante,
     que Deus lle dè moytas medras.

     Afonso:
     "I toast the health
     of our Lady the Queen"
     Cristobo:
     "I toast the prince,
     God give him many growths"

Conjugation

Related terms

• brinde

Further reading

• “brindar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “brindar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

References

• “brindar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “brindar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “brindar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From brinde +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: brin‧dar

Verb

brindar (first-person singular present brindo, first-person singular preterite brindei, past participle brindado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to toast (engage in a salutation)

Conjugation

Further reading

• “brindar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

From brindis (“a toast”), borrowed from German bring dir's (literally “bring it (i.e. a toast) to thee”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾinˈdaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: brin‧dar

Verb

brindar (first-person singular present brindo, first-person singular preterite brindé, past participle brindado)

1. to offer, provide, bring

   Synonym: entregar

2. to toast, drink a toast to

Conjugation

Further reading

• “brindar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014