Today’s Spanish word of the day is “destino”.
It’s a masculine noun meaning “destiny”, “fate” or “destination”.
It’s related to the Spanish verb “destinar” meaning “to allocate” or “to assign”, which came from the Latin word destinare. This Latin root also gave us the English words “destiny” and “destination”.
Example sentences
Nuestro destino es Madrid.
Our destination is Madrid.
¿Crees en el destino?
Do you believe in fate?
El paquete llegó a su destino.
The package reached its destination.
Los griegos antiguos creían que los dioses controlaban el destino de los mortales.
The Ancient Greeks believed gods controlled mortals’ fate.
Aceptó su destino con valentía.
He accepted his fate bravely.