in regalo

in regalo

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “in gift”.

Prepositional phrase

in regalo

1. as a gift

   Synonym: in dono

   • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 26, in Chicca Galli; Paolo Lucca; Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:

     ... un quadro di Ted Kennedy con la costa di Cape Cod, che avevo ricevuto in regalo dopo averlo ammirato nel suo ufficio.

     ... Ted Kennedy's painting of the Cape Cod coastline, which he’d sent to me as a gift after I'd admired it in his office.

     (literally, “... one of Ted Kennedy's paintings with the coast of Cape Cod, which I had received as a gift after having admired it in his office.”)

Anagrams

• algerino, giornale, in regola, laringeo, regalino, rigelano, rilegano