Acto de decir adiós al marcharse.
An act of saying goodbye when leaving.
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Se despidieron con la mano en la estación. — They waved farewell at the station.
La despedida fue corta y algo incómoda. — The farewell was short and a little awkward.
Antes de la despedida, le dio un regalo pequeño. — Before the farewell, he handed her a small gift.
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Download the app for free Spanish vocabulary testOne collocation carries most of this word's real traffic and the card does not mention it: despedida de soltero is a stag do, despedida de soltera a hen party — bachelor and bachelorette party in America. If someone in Spain says «me voy a una despedida», that is what they mean, not a solemn farewell.
The verb behind it splits in two, and the difference is one small word. Despedirse de alguien is to say goodbye to someone; despedir a alguien, without the reflexive, is to fire them. Worth keeping straight. Note too that English farewell has drifted formal and slightly literary — a farewell speech, a farewell party — while Spanish despedida is entirely ordinary, so goodbye, leaving do or send-off is usually the truer translation.
despedir to see off; to fire
The verb, and the reflexive is what flips its meaning.
adiós goodbye
The word said; despedida is the act of saying it.
hasta luego see you later
What Spaniards actually say when they leave.
boda wedding
What the despedida de soltero comes before.
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