dar.
to give
Meaning & usage
to give [transitive with a or para or indirect object pronoun] to transfer one’s possession of something to someone without anything in return
Dar-te-ei um livro.
to give [transitive with a or para or indirect object pronoun] to hand over (to pass something into someone’s hand)
Dá-me tua mão.
to give [transitive with a or para or indirect object pronoun] to make a present or gift of
Dei flores à minha mulher.
to give [transitive with a or para or indirect object pronoun] to provide a service
A Igreja dá conforto aos pobres.
Ele dá aulas de latim.
to give [transitive with a or para or indirect object pronoun] to administer (to cause to take (medicine))
Demos insulina a ele.
to give [transitive with a or para or indirect object pronoun] to give; to issue; to emit
O João vai nos dar recomendações.
Ele gosta de dar ordens.
to give [transitive with em or indirect object pronoun] to carry out a physical interaction with something
Ela deu-me um beijo.
to give [transitive with em or indirect object pronoun] to cause a sensation or feeling
A cerca me deu um choque elétrico.
Essa música dá-me medo.
to give [transitive with em or indirect object pronoun] to cause (to produce as a result)
Comer rápido lhe dá azia.
to yield; to produce; to generate
Esse poço dava água.
As macieiras dão maçãs.
to be possible, can
Não dá para ele fazer isso.
– Dá para o alcançarmos? – Dá.
to occur, take place, happen
O processo se dá em diversas etapas.
to throw (to organise an event)
Darei uma festa amanhã.
to report (to publish or broadcast news)
O jornal deu que se cancelaram os eventos.
to be reported (to be published or broadcasted, of news)
Deu no jornal que se cancelaram os eventos.
to result in, to lead to
Não te preocupes, não dará em nada.
to get into (to cause to behave uncharacteristically)
Começou a chorar de repente. O que deu nele?
to suffice, to be enough
Com dez euros já dá para almoçar hoje.
to make (to tend or be able to become)
Ela daria uma boa professora.
to consider (assign some quality)
Depois de semanas procurando, deram-nos como desaparecidos.
to defeat by a given score
A minha equipa vai dar dois a zero à tua.
Meu time vai dar de dois a zero no seu.
to come across, to bump into (to find someone or something accidentally or in an unexpected condition)
Dei de cara com a Sandra hoje de manhã.
to put out, to allow to be sexually penetrated
Dei pra ele.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dar (“to give”), from Latin dare, from Proto-Italic *didō, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti, from the root *deh₃- (“give”).
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