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Galician
Etymology 1
From Spanish regalía, from Latin regalis (“royal”).
Pronunciation
Noun
regalía f (plural regalías)
- bonus
- royalty
Etymology 2
From regalo (“treat”) + -ia.
Pronunciation
Noun
regalía f (plural regalías)
- 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/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: re‧ga‧lí‧a
Noun
regalía f (plural regalías)
- royal privilege
- (by extension) privilege
- Synonyms: privilegio, prerrogativa, ventaja
- royalty (payment)
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