What does domingo in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word domingo in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use domingo in Spanish.

The word domingo in Spanish means Sunday, pocket money, a Sunday at home, Palm Sunday, Easter, Sunday best, talk nonsense, get up the duff, come up with a lame excuse, Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word domingo

Sunday

nombre masculino (día de la semana)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El domingo nos vamos de excursión.
On Sunday we're going on an outing.

pocket money

nombre masculino (MX (paga semanal) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mi padre me castigó con no darme el domingo por suspender matemáticas.
My father punished me by not giving me any pocket money after failing my maths class.

a Sunday at home

locución nominal masculina (descansando en casa)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Palm Sunday

locución nominal masculina (abre la Semana Santa) (Easter)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El Domingo de Ramos conmemora la entrada de Jesús a Jerusalén.
Palm Sunday commemorates the entrance of Jesus to Jerusalem.

Easter

nombre femenino (religión: Resurrección)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La Pascua Florida culmina con el Pentecostés.

Sunday best

locución nominal femenina (coloquial (ropa elegante)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Los niños se veían elegantes en misa con su ropa de domingo.
The children looked elegant in mass with their Sunday best.

talk nonsense

locución verbal (AmL, coloquial (disparate)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Cada vez que abre la boca sale con un domingo siete.

get up the duff

locución verbal (AmL, coloquial (soltera: embarazarse) (UK: pregnant)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Ella salió con su domingo siete y su novio se hizo humo.

come up with a lame excuse

locución verbal (AR, coloquial (respuesta negativa)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Lo invité a cenar y salió con un domingo siete; dijo que no comía de noche.

Santo Domingo

nombre propio masculino (capital de República Dominicana) (city)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Las playas de Santo Domingo son hermosas.

Santo Domingo

nombre propio masculino (isla del mar Caribe) (island)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El turismo es muy importante para la economía de Santo Domingo.

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