aditar
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps inherited from Latin dictāre, prefixed with a-. Then, doublet of ditar, a later borrowing. Alternatively, from Latin additō.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
aditar (first-person singular present adito, first-person singular preterite aditei, past participle aditado)
- (intransitive) to be fitting, suitable, useful or enjoyable
- 1895, Antonio López Ferreiro, A tecedeira de Bonaval, page 334:
- É indudabre que a vida do campo é a máis aditada aa naturaleza do home; pois que na vida das cidades, como súa mercé ben sabe, hai moito de artificioso e estudiado, e imposto; o cal non pode menos de violentar os nosos naturales instintos e as nosas tendenzas.
- «There's no doubt that life in the country is the most suitable for the human nature; because in urban life, as your grace well know, there is much of artificial and studied, and imposed; which just can but force our natural instincts and our tendencies.»
- (transitive) to command; to dictate
- Synonym: dictar
- 1861, Xoán Manuel Pintos, A Galicia:
- Anque España xa toda está rendida, e casi tod'as prazas xa tomadas, e a libertá perdida na Cruña vai a dar as boqueadas; non pode consentir, o honor llo adita, que o máis fero inimigo sin ver sangre profane a gran ciudá de María Pita.
- The whole of Spain has surrendered, almost every stronghold taken, the lost freedom is going to take her last breath in A Coruña; but he cannot consent, honour dictates it, that the fiercest enemy profanes the great city of María Pita without the sight of blood
- to adapt (adjust for a given purpose)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of aditar
Reintegrated conjugation of aditar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
References edit
- “aditar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “ditar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “aditar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “aditar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- “aditar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: a‧di‧tar
Verb edit
aditar (first-person singular present adito, first-person singular preterite aditei, past participle aditado)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of aditar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.