diari

Diari is a term used in several Romance languages, notably Catalan and Occitan, with meanings tied to daily records: a diary or journal kept by an individual, and a daily publication or newspaper. In Catalan, diari is used for both senses depending on context: as a personal diary and, in media terminology, for a daily newspaper. The word is cognate with Spanish diario, Portuguese diário, Italian diario, and English diary, all tracing to Latin diarium, meaning a daily record.

In everyday Catalan, you might say escric al meu diari to indicate writing in my diary. In journalism, many newspapers in Catalan-speaking regions adopt Diari in their titles, signaling their status as daily publications. The term also appears in regional or local periodicals and in phrases such as diari de… to denote a daily log or record.

Regional variation: Diari is most strongly associated with Catalan- and Occitan-speaking contexts; other Romance languages typically use diario (or diário in Portuguese) for both diary and daily newspaper senses.

See also: Diary, Diario, Diário.