propina

See also: propiná

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin propīna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pɾuˈpi.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [pɾoˈpi.na]

Noun

propina f (plural propines)

1. tip, gratuity

Related terms

• propinar

Further reading

• “propina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology 2

Verb

propina

1. inflection of propinar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /proˈpi.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: pro‧pì‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin propīna, from prōpīnāre.

Noun

propina f (plural propine)

1. (archaic) recompensation, fee

   Synonym: ricompensa

2. Synonym of diaria

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

propina

1. inflection of propinare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• propani, rappino

Latin

Verb

prŏpīnā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of prŏpīnō

References

• “propina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• propina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• propina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin propīna. Compare Italian and Spanish propina.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈpĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈpĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈpi.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈpi.nɐ/

Noun

propina f (plural propinas)

1. (Portugal) tuition, a fee for services such as enrollment or obtaining a document
2. (Brazil) tip (money left for a servant as a token of appreciation)

   Synonym: gorjeta

3. (Brazil, colloquial) bribe (something, usually money, given as an inducement to dishonesty)

   Synonym: suborno

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈpina/ [pɾoˈpi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: pro‧pi‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin propīna, from Latin propinō (“to toast, to pledge, to offer to drink, to hand over”).

Noun

propina f (plural propinas)

1. tip, gratuity

Derived terms

• de propina

 

Etymology 2

Verb

propina

1. inflection of propinar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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