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dar.

to give

3 characters1 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈda(ʁ)/Brazil[ˈda(h)]Brazil/ˈda(ɾ)/São-Paulo/ˈda(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to give [transitive with a or para or indirect object pronoun] to transfer one’s possession of something to someone without anything in return

    ditransitive
    Dar-te-ei um livro.
  2. to give [transitive with a or para or indirect object pronoun] to hand over (to pass something into someone’s hand)

    ditransitive
    Dá-me tua mão.
  3. to give [transitive with a or para or indirect object pronoun] to make a present or gift of

    ditransitive
    Dei flores à minha mulher.
  4. to give [transitive with a or para or indirect object pronoun] to provide a service

    ditransitive
    A Igreja dá conforto aos pobres.
    Ele dá aulas de latim.
  5. to give [transitive with a or para or indirect object pronoun] to administer (to cause to take (medicine))

    ditransitive
    Demos insulina a ele.
  6. to give [transitive with a or para or indirect object pronoun] to give; to issue; to emit

    ditransitive · transitive
    O João vai nos dar recomendações.
    Ele gosta de dar ordens.
  7. to give [transitive with em or indirect object pronoun] to carry out a physical interaction with something

    ditransitive
    Ela deu-me um beijo.
  8. to give [transitive with em or indirect object pronoun] to cause a sensation or feeling

    ditransitive
    A cerca me deu um choque elétrico.
    Essa música dá-me medo.
  9. to give [transitive with em or indirect object pronoun] to cause (to produce as a result)

    ditransitive
    Comer rápido lhe dá azia.
  10. to yield; to produce; to generate

    Esse poço dava água.
    As macieiras dão maçãs.
  11. to be possible, can

    impersonal
    Não dá para ele fazer isso.
    – Dá para o alcançarmos? – Dá.
  12. to occur, take place, happen

    reflexive
    O processo se dá em diversas etapas.
  13. to throw (to organise an event)

    transitive
    Darei uma festa amanhã.
  14. to report (to publish or broadcast news)

    transitive
    O jornal deu que se cancelaram os eventos.
  15. to be reported (to be published or broadcasted, of news)

    impersonal
    Deu no jornal que se cancelaram os eventos.
  16. to result in, to lead to

    intransitive · transitive
    Não te preocupes, não dará em nada.
  17. to get into (to cause to behave uncharacteristically)

    intransitive
    Começou a chorar de repente. O que deu nele?
  18. to suffice, to be enough

    auxiliary · impersonal · intransitive
    Com dez euros já dá para almoçar hoje.
  19. to make (to tend or be able to become)

    transitive
    Ela daria uma boa professora.
  20. to consider (assign some quality)

    transitive
    Depois de semanas procurando, deram-nos como desaparecidos.
  21. to defeat by a given score

    colloquial
    A minha equipa vai dar dois a zero à tua.
    Meu time vai dar de dois a zero no seu.
  22. to come across, to bump into (to find someone or something accidentally or in an unexpected condition)

    intransitive
    Dei de cara com a Sandra hoje de manhã.
  23. to put out, to allow to be sexually penetrated

    Brazil · slang · vulgar
    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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