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deitar

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Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese deitar, from Vulgar Latin *dēctāre, from Latin dējectāre, frequentative of dējicere (to throw, hurl down). Compare Portuguese deitar.

Pronunciation

Verb

deitar (first-person singular present deito, first-person singular preterite deitei, past participle deitado)

  1. (transitive) to lay; to lean
    Synonym: pousar
    • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 806:
      prouarõ tres escaleyras de fuste et acharõnas curtas; et desi atarõnas a hũa cõ a outra et deytarõnas a hũa torre
      they tried three wooden ladders but found them too short; and so they tied them together and leaned them against a tower
  2. (transitive) to cause to fall
  3. (pronominal) to lie down
  4. (transitive) to throw; to expel
    Synonym: chimpar
  5. (transitive) to pour
    Synonym: botar
  6. (transitive) to leak
    Synonym: perder

Conjugation

References

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Portuguese

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