regale
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From French régale, from Latin rēgāle, from rēgālis
Noun[edit]
regale (plural regales)
Translations[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Spanish regalar.
Verb[edit]
regale (third-person singular simple present regales, present participle regaling, simple past and past participle regaled)
- (transitive) To please or entertain (someone). [from 17th c.]
- (transitive) To provide hospitality for (someone); to supply with abundant food and drink. [from 17th c.]
- (obsolete, intransitive) To feast (on, with something). [17th-19th c.]
- 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, V:
- she hardly lets a Week pass without making the Lady Abbess and her Nuns a Visit, to regale with a Cup of burnt Brandy.
- 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, V:
- (figuratively) To entertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh.
- to regale the taste, the eye, or the ear
Translations[edit]
To please someone with entertainment
To provide a meal and entertainment
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
regale m, f (masculine and feminine plural regali)
Related terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
rēgāle
- nominative neuter singular of rēgālis
- accusative neuter singular of rēgālis
- vocative neuter singular of rēgālis
Polish[edit]
Noun[edit]
regale m
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
regale (infinitive regalar)
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