brindare

Meaning

to make a toast

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
brin‧dà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/brinˈda.re/
Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish brindar, from brindis (“toast”), from German bring dir's, dialectal contraction of bringe dir es, probably introduced by German mercenaries in the 16th c. Compare Portuguese brinde and Italian brindisi.

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