día

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dia (reanalyzed as a 1st declension noun), from Latin diēs (“day”).

Noun

día m (plural díes)

1. day

Etymology

From Old Portuguese dia, from Vulgar Latin *dia (reanalyzed as a 1st declension noun), from Latin diēs (“day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̪iɐ]

Noun

día m (plural días)

1. day (24 hours)
2. period of light, when the sun is above the horizon

Alternative forms

• diya

Noun

día m (Latin spelling)

1. day

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲiːa̯/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *dīyos (compare Welsh dydd), from Proto-Indo-European *dyew-. Cognate with Latin diēs.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *dēwos (compare Welsh duw), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (compare Sanskrit देव (devá), Latin deus, Old English Tīw (“Germanic god of heroic glory”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to shine”).

Mutation

References

• “2 día (‘god’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “3 día (‘day’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Alternative forms

• dia (obsolete)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dia, from Latin diēs (“day”) (reanalyzed as a 1st declension noun), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”). Akin to Catalan and Portuguese dia, etc. Not related to English day, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdia/, [ˈd̪ia]
• Rhymes: -ia

Noun

día m (plural días)

1. day (any period of 24 hours)
2. day (a period from midnight to the following midnight)
3. day (rotational period of a planet)
4. day (the part of a day period which one spends at work, school, etc.)

   Synonym: jornada

5. day, daytime (the part of the day between sunrise and sunset)

   Antonym: noche

Further reading

• “día” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.