el
/don/
Translation
don (honorific title), gift, talent
Word origin
From Latin dominus ('lord, master'). As an honorific it derives from dominus; as the noun for 'gift, talent' the related word donum ('gift') from dare ('to give') is the source.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- dominus
- English cognates
- dominate, dominion
Grammar
Examples
Carlos cuarenta .
Don Carlos has been working in this family business for forty years.
.
He has a special gift for music since he was very young.
Roberto pedirle .
He went to visit don Roberto to ask him for advice about the business.
Saluda Antonio llegues.
Greet don Antonio respectfully when you arrive.
muchas .
Her gift for languages has opened many doors for her.
Used in
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Spanish Comparatives: más que, menos que, tan como and the Four Irregulars
Spanish Correlative Comparison: cuanto más... más, cada vez más, el doble
Conjugating Spanish -er Verbs in the Present Tense
Conjugating Spanish Reflexive Verbs in the Present Tense
Spanish Verb Conjugation: The Complete Rules with Examples
Demonstrative Pronouns in Spanish: Este, Ese, Aquel and the Three-Way This and That
Spanish Demonstratives: este, ese, aquel and the Three-Way Distance Split
The Spanish Diacritic Accent: tú vs tu, sí vs si, qué vs que
Spanish False Friends (Part 2): molestar, recordar, soportar, pretender
Spanish Formal Commands: usted and ustedes
The Spanish Gerund (-ndo): Adverbial Uses and the Mistakes to Avoid (salió corriendo)
Gustar and Verbs Like It: Why Spanish Says the Coffee Pleases You
Spanish Imperative: Affirmative Tú Commands and the Eight Irregulars
Spanish Impersonal Verbs: hay, hace, se habla and the No-Subject Constructions
Spanish Indefinites: alguno, ninguno, alguien, nadie, algo, nada, cualquiera
The Spanish Neuter lo (lo bueno, lo que, lo de)
Advanced Spanish Negation: ni, sino vs pero, tampoco, ni siquiera
Spanish Negation: no, nunca, nadie and Why Double Negatives Are Correct
Spanish Negative Commands: Why no hables Borrows the Subjunctive
Spanish Object Pronouns: Direct, Indirect, Order and Position
The Spanish Perfect Subjunctive (haya hablado)
Spanish Politeness: Softening Requests (¿Podría...?, ¿Te importaría...?, quisiera)
Spanish Prepositional Pronouns (para mí, conmigo, entre tú y yo)
Spanish Present Perfect: he hablado, ha vivido, hemos visto
Preterite vs Imperfect: How to Choose Between the Two Spanish Past Tenses
Spanish Pronoun Order: Indirect Before Direct, and the le-to-se Rule
Spanish Reflexive Verbs: levantarse, llamarse, lavarse and the Pronoun Position
Spanish Relative Pronouns: que, quien, lo que, donde and cuando
Saber vs Conocer: The Two Spanish Verbs for 'To Know'
Spanish Subjunctive in Adverbial Clauses
Spanish Subjunctive After Doubt and Denial
Spanish Subjunctive After Emotion
The Spanish Subjunctive in Relative Clauses (busco a alguien que sepa)
Spanish Subjunctive Set Phrases: pase lo que pase, como si, ojalá, que tengas...
Verbs of Becoming in Spanish: ponerse, hacerse, volverse, convertirse en, llegar a ser
Verbs with Prepositions in Spanish (Regimen Preposicional): the Fixed Verb + Preposition Pairs
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