Meanings
donate1
verbdonate (third-person singular simple present donates, present participle donating, simple past and past participle donated)
present singular third person donates · participle present donating · participle past donated · past donated
Donate2
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
donate · verb
- Latindōnāre“to give”
- Englishdonate
Circa 1845, back-formation from donation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), chiefly found in American English. Ultimately from Latin dōnāre (“to give”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Donate · proper noun
- SpanishDonate
- EnglishDonate
Borrowed from Spanish Donate. This surname is mostly found in Spain.
More words from Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَبَرَّعَ
- تَبَرَّعَ (tabarraʕa)to give away something of value
Basque eman
- emanto give away something of value
Bulgarian дарявам
- дарявам (darjavam)to give away something of value
Catalan donar
- donarto give away something of value
Chinese Mandarin 捐獻 /捐献, 捐贈 /捐赠
- 捐獻 /捐献 (juānxiàn)to give away something of value
- 捐贈 /捐赠 (juānzèng)to give away something of value
- 捐助 (juānzhù)to give away something of value
- 抖內 /抖内 (dǒunèi)to give away something of value
Czech věnovat, darovat
- věnovatto give away something of value
- darovatto give away something of value
Danish donere
- donereto give away something of value
Esperanto donaci
- donacito give away something of value
Estonian kinkima
- kinkimato give away something of value
Finnish lahjoittaa
- lahjoittaato give away something of value
French donner, faire un don
- donnerto give away something of value
- faire un donto give away something of value
German spenden, stiften
- spendento give away something of value
- stiftento give away something of value
- schenkento give away something of value
Hebrew תרם
- תרם (tarám)to give away something of value
Hindi दान करना, दान देना
- दान करना (dān karnā)to give away something of value
- दान देना (dān denā)to give away something of value
Hungarian adományoz, adakozik
- adományozto give away something of value
- adakozikto give away something of value
Italian donare
- donareto give away something of value
Japanese 寄付する, 寄贈する
- 寄付する (kifu suru)to give away something of value
- 寄贈する (kizō suru)to give away something of value
Latvian ziedot
- ziedotto give away something of value
Lithuanian paaukoti, padovanoti
- paaukotito give away something of value
- padovanotito give away something of value
Malay derma
- dermato give away something of value
Māori takoha
- takohato give away something of value
Polish podarować
- podarowaćto give away something of value
Portuguese doar
- doarto give away something of value
Romanian a dona
- a donato give away something of value
Russian дари́ть, подари́ть
- дари́ть (darítʹ)to give away something of value
- подари́ть (podarítʹ)to give away something of value
- жа́ловать (žálovatʹ)to give away something of value
- пожа́ловать (požálovatʹ)to give away something of value
- же́ртвовать (žértvovatʹ)to give away something of value
- поже́ртвовать (požértvovatʹ)to give away something of value
- дава́ть (davátʹ)to give away something of value
- дать (datʹ)to give away something of value
- дона́тить (donátitʹ)to give away something of value
Spanish donar, delejar
- donarto give away something of value
- delejarto give away something of value
Swedish skänka, donera
- skänkato give away something of value
- donerato give away something of value
Thai บริจาค
- บริจาค (bor-rí-jàark)to give away something of value
Turkish bağışlamak, ihsan etmek
- bağışlamakto give away something of value
- ihsan etmekto give away something of value
Ukrainian дарувати, подарувати
- дарувати (daruvaty)to give away something of value
- подарувати (podaruvaty)to give away something of value
- жертвувати (žertvuvaty)to give away something of value
- пожертвувати (požertvuvaty)to give away something of value
- донатити (donatyty)to give away something of value
Vietnamese quyên góp
- quyên gópto give away something of value
Welsh rhoi
- rhoito give away something of value
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with donate
datestategreatratecreateupdateweightlatecertificatewaiteightstraightplatechocolatedebatehategateevaluatelocatekatealternatetranslatematerelate
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
donate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/donate
MLA
“donate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/donate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “donate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/donate.
Source: donate on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.