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despedida

farewell

noun dehs-peh-DEE-dah Rare

Also means

send-off

Usage Note

Despedida is the noun form of despedir and covers both the moment of saying goodbye and a formal send-off event; fiesta de despedida is a leaving party or farewell party. Despedida de soltero/soltera is a bachelor/bachelorette party — a useful compound to know.

Examples

"Organizamos una despedida para la compañera."

Natural Translation

We organised a farewell for our colleague.

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