regale

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A feast, a meal.
2. a choice article of food or drink.
3. refreshment.

Verb

1. To please or entertain (someone).
2. To provide hospitality for (someone); to supply with abundant food and drink.
3. (obsolete) To feast (on, with something).
4. To entertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh.

Conceptos

regalar

agasajar

agasajo

festín

dar

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɹɪˈɡeɪl/

Etimología (Inglés)

From French régaler (“to entertain, feast”), from Old French regale, rigale, from gale (“merriment”), probably of Germanic origin (see Old French galer). Influenced by Old French se rigoler (“amuse oneself, rejoice”), of unknown origin. Compare Middle High German begalen (“to charm; enchant”), English gale (“to sing; charm”). Compare also English gala.