cuitar

Asturian

Verb

cuitar (first-person singular indicative present cuito, past participle cuitáu)

1. (Western Asturias) alternative form of cuchar

Conjugation

Conjugation of cuitar

infinitive		cuitar
gerund		cuitando
past participle		m cuitáu, f cuitada, n cuitao, m pl cuitaos, f pl cuitaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	cuito	cuites	cuita	cuitamos	cuitáis	cuiten
	imperfect	cuitaba	cuitabes	cuitaba	cuitábemos, cuitábamos	cuitabeis, cuitabais	cuitaben
	preterite	cuité	cuitasti, cuitesti	cuitó	cuitemos	cuitastis, cuitestis	cuitaron
	pluperfect	cuitare, cuitara	cuitares, cuitaras	cuitare, cuitara	cuitáremos, cuitáramos	cuitareis, cuitarais	cuitaren, cuitaran
	future	cuitaré	cuitarás	cuitará	cuitaremos	cuitaréis	cuitarán
	conditional	cuitaría	cuitaríes	cuitaría	cuitaríemos, cuitaríamos	cuitaríeis, cuitaríais	cuitaríen
subjunctive	present	cuite	cuites, cuitas	cuite	cuitemos	cuitéis	cuiten, cuitan
	imperfect	cuitare, cuitara	cuitares, cuitaras	cuitare, cuitara	cuitáremos, cuitáramos	cuitareis, cuitarais	cuitaren, cuitaran
imperative		—	cuita	—	—	cuitái	—

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “cuchar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *coctāre, from Latin *cōctus, from coactus, past participle of cōgō. Cognate with Portuguese coitar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kujˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kujˈtaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

cuitar (first-person singular present cuito, first-person singular preterite cuití, past participle cuitat)

1. (intransitive) to hurry (do things quickly)
2. (transitive) to press, to urge

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cuitar (first conjugation)

infinitive			cuitar
gerund			cuitant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cuitat		cuitada
		plural		cuitats		cuitades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cuito	cuites	cuita	cuitem	cuiteu	cuiten
	imperfect	cuitava	cuitaves	cuitava	cuitàvem	cuitàveu	cuitaven
	future	cuitaré	cuitaràs	cuitarà	cuitarem	cuitareu	cuitaran
	preterite	cuití	cuitares	cuità	cuitàrem	cuitàreu	cuitaren
	conditional	cuitaria	cuitaries	cuitaria	cuitaríem	cuitaríeu	cuitarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cuiti	cuitis	cuiti	cuitem	cuiteu	cuitin
	imperfect	cuités	cuitessis	cuités	cuitéssim	cuitéssiu	cuitessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	cuita	cuiti	cuitem	cuiteu	cuitin
	negative (no)	—	no cuitis	no cuiti	no cuitem	no cuiteu	no cuitin

Derived terms

• a corre-cuita
• a correcuita
• a cuitacorrents

Further reading

• “cuitar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan coitar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwiˈtaɾ/ [kwiˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cui‧tar

Verb

cuitar (first-person singular present cuito, first-person singular preterite cuité, past participle cuitado)

1. obsolete form of acuitar
2. (obsolete, reflexive) to hurry (do things quickly)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cuitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cuitar
gerund			cuitando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cuitado		cuitada
		plural		cuitados		cuitadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cuito	cuitastú cuitásvos	cuita	cuitamos	cuitáis	cuitan
	imperfect	cuitaba	cuitabas	cuitaba	cuitábamos	cuitabais	cuitaban
	preterite	cuité	cuitaste	cuitó	cuitamos	cuitasteis	cuitaron
	future	cuitaré	cuitarás	cuitará	cuitaremos	cuitaréis	cuitarán
	conditional	cuitaría	cuitarías	cuitaría	cuitaríamos	cuitaríais	cuitarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cuite	cuitestú cuitésvos2	cuite	cuitemos	cuitéis	cuiten
	imperfect (ra)	cuitara	cuitaras	cuitara	cuitáramos	cuitarais	cuitaran
	imperfect (se)	cuitase	cuitases	cuitase	cuitásemos	cuitaseis	cuitasen
	future1	cuitare	cuitares	cuitare	cuitáremos	cuitareis	cuitaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cuitatú cuitávos	cuite	cuitemos	cuitad	cuiten
	negative		no cuites	no cuite	no cuitemos	no cuitéis	no cuiten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• cuitado

Further reading

• “cuitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025