divine
USAGE NOTE
This word must be preceded by the definite article in the sense shown in 7)
divine(
dih
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vayn
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
a. divino
The crew saw their survival of the storm as divine intervention.La tripulación cree que su supervivencia de la tempestad se debió a la intervención divina.
a. divino
Many people believed the healer had divine powers.Mucha gente creía que el curandero tenía poderes divinos.
3. (sacred)
a. divino
The altar must be used exclusively for the celebration of the divine worship.El altar debe usarse exclusivamente para la celebración del culto divino.
4. (gorgeous)
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
5. (literary) (religious scholar)
A word or phrase restricted in usage to literature or established writing (e.g., sex, once upon a time).
a. el teólogo (M), la teóloga (F)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
William knew that being a divine would require him to defend the Church's doctrine.William sabía que ser teólogo requeriría defender la doctrina de la Iglesia.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
6. (literary) (to interpret)
A word or phrase restricted in usage to literature or established writing (e.g., sex, once upon a time).
a. adivinar
The santeria priest was able to divine messages from the Orishas by reading how the coconut shells fell.El santero era capaz de adivinar mensajes de los Orishas al leer como caían los trozos de coco.
7. (to detect)
a. descubrir
The family brought an expert to divine a water source where they might dig a well.La familia trajo a una experta para que descubriera una fuente de agua dónde cavar un pozo.
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