día

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dia"

Asturian

Noun

día m (plural díes)

1. day

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Galician

Noun

día m (plural días)

1. day (24 hours)
2. period of light, when the sun is above the horizon

Antonyms

• (period of light): noite

Related terms

• diario

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Ladino

Alternative forms

• diya

Noun

día m (Latin spelling)

1. day

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Old Irish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *dīyo-, *dījos (compare Welsh dydd), from Proto-Indo-European *di̯ēus, *dyew-. Cognate with Latin diēs.

Noun

día (dative singular díu)

1. day

Synonyms

• lá

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *dēwos (compare Welsh duw), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (compare Sanskrit देव (devá), Latin deus, Old English Tīw (“Germanic god of heroic glory”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dey- (“to shine”).

Noun

día m (genitive dé)

1. god

Declension

Declension of día

Masculine o-stem
Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	día	díaL	déL
Vocative	dé	díaL	deu
Accusative	díaN	díaL
Genitive	déL	día	díaN
Dative	díaL	déib
Forms marked L trigger lenition of a following adjective; forms marked N trigger nasalization.

Descendants

• Irish: dia
• Manx: jee
• Scottish Gaelic: dia

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
día	día pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndía
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin diēs (“day”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“heaven, sky; to shine”). Akin to Catalan and Portuguese dia, etc. Not related to English day, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia

Noun

día m (plural días)

1. Period of daylight: day
2. Period of rotation of a planet: day (especially Earth's 24 hours day).

Antonyms

• noche f

Related terms

• cotidiano
• diario
• diurno
• mediodía m