dio

Meaning

third-person singular preterite indicative of dar

dar

1. (transitive) to give, to give out
2. (transitive) to hand over
3. (transitive) to hit
4. (transitive) to emit
5. (transitive) to produce
6. (transitive) to perform
7. (transitive) to consider
8. (intransitive) to encounter; to find with effort
9. (transitive) to hit upon
10. (colloquial, intransitive) to press, activate
11. (colloquial, transitive) to ruin; mess up
12. (reflexive) to occur
13. (reflexive) to grow naturally
14. (reflexive) to hit
15. (reflexive) to assume
16. (informal, reflexive) to pretend to be, to present oneself as though one were
17. (impersonal) to have a feeling/hunch/intuition
18. (Mexico, reflexive) to surrender
19. (El-Salvador, reflexive, transitive, vulgar) to fuck (used with third person direct objects only)
20. (Rioplatense, colloquial, transitive) to find someone sexually attractive (mostly to have a sexual encounter with)
21. (transitive) to announce, predict

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdjo/

Sentences

El anuncio oficial se dio en diciembre .

The official announcement was made in December.

Livgren y la banda se dio cuenta de que era su última oportunidad .

Livgren and the band realized it was their last chance.

La red creada por estos numerosos grupos le dio un enorme poder político .

The network created by these numerous groups gave him enormous political power.

Courant le dio una base matemática firme .

Courant gave him a firm mathematical foundation.

Antes de la gala , Flynn dio una charla pagada sobre asuntos mundiales .

Before the gala, Flynn gave a paid talk on world affairs.

Chaplin dio clases de arte específicamente destinadas a las mujeres en su estudio .

Chaplin conducted art classes specifically for women at his studio.