donaire

From dona (“unfortunate, unlucky; poor, wretched”) +‎ -aire.

donaire m (genitive singular donaire, nominative plural donairí)

1. wretch

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “donaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

• donairo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese donaire, borrowed from Old Spanish donaire, from Late Latin dōnārius, from Latin dōnārium.

• Hyphenation: do‧nai‧re

donaire m (plural donaires)

1. gracefulness, elegance

Ultimately from Late Latin dōnārium. Evolution unclear (expected form *donero).

• IPA^(key): /doˈnaiɾe/
• Rhymes: -aiɾe
• Syllabification: do‧nai‧re

donaire m (plural donaires)

1. gracefulness, elegance

   Synonym: donosura

   • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:

     Lucio ofreció cigarrillos egipcios, formidable novedad para nosotros, y con donaire encendió la cerilla en la suela de sus zapatos.

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2. a joke or playful comment

• “donaire”, 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