da

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[da]

1. demonstrative determiner, feminine singular This.

Spelling: Before words beginning with a vowel or h-, it turns into dal’, with word ligature (both words are written together without intermediate spaces). For feminine plural: das; for masculine forms, see dou (1).

2. demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular This one.

Spelling: Before words beginning with a vowel or h-, it turns into dal’, with word ligature (both words are written together without intermediate spaces). For feminine plural: das; for masculine  forms, see dou (2).

Etymology (1-2): A portmonteau between German das (this) and the definite article a (2).

3. preposition-article contraction, feminine singular Of the.

Spelling: Before words beginning with a vowel or h-, it turns into dal’, with word ligature (both words are written together without intermediate spaces). For feminine plural: das; for masculine forms, see dou (3).

Etymology: From de a.

dou

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[dou̯]

1. demonstrative determiner, masculine singular This.

Spelling: Before words beginning with a vowel or h-, it turns into doul’, with word ligature (both words are written together without intermediate spaces). For masculine plural: dous; for feminine forms, see da (1).

2. demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular This one.

Spelling: Before words beginning with a vowel or h-, it turns into doul’, with word ligature (both words are written together without intermediate spaces). For masculine plural: dous; for feminine forms, see da (2).

Etymology (1-2): A portmonteau between German das (this) and the definite article ou.

3. preposition-article contraction, masculine singular Of the.

Spelling: Before words beginning with a vowel or h-, it turns into doul’, with word ligature (both words are written together without intermediate spaces). For masculine plural: dous; for feminine forms, see da (3).

Etymology: From de ou.

dormăre

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[ˈdoɾməɾe]

1. intransitive verb To sleep. If you sleep with somebody, you use the preposition cõ.

2. intransitive verb To spend the night, to stay the night (in a house, a hotel, etc.).

3. transitive verb To get a baby off to sleep, to put a patient to sleep with anaesthesia.

Etymology: From Latin dormire.

~ a seixta

[ˈdoɾməɾe a ˈseʃta]

1. transitive verb To have a nap.

Etymology: From dormăre a seixta.