coutar

Galician

Etymology

From couto +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kowˈtaɾ]

Verb

coutar (first-person singular present couto, first-person singular preterite coutei, past participle coutado)

1. to stop, to detain, to restrain, to hold back

   Synonyms: parar, reter

   • 1840, Florencio Pol, Á memoria dun amigo santiagués:

     recólle co teu esprito, amigo amado,
     estas vagoas que non podo coutar

     catch with your spirit, beloved friend,
     these tears I cannot hold back

2. to fence, to enclose
3. (folklore) to cure with traditional medicine and spells

Conjugation

    Conjugation of coutar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	coutar
Personal	coutar	coutares	coutar	coutarmos	coutardes	coutaren
Gerund
	coutando
Past participle
Masculine	coutado			coutados
Feminine	coutada			coutadas
Indicative
Present	couto	coutas	couta	coutamos	coutades	coutan
Imperfect	coutaba	coutabas	coutaba	coutabamos	coutabades	coutaban
Preterite	coutei	coutaches	coutou	coutamos	coutastes	coutaron
Pluperfect	coutara	coutaras	coutara	coutaramos	coutarades	coutaran
Future	coutarei	coutarás	coutará	coutaremos	coutaredes	coutarán
Conditional	coutaría	coutarías	coutaría	coutariamos	coutariades	coutarían
Subjunctive
Present	coute	coutes	coute	coutemos	coutedes	couten
Imperfect	coutase	coutases	coutase	coutásemos	coutásedes	coutasen
Future	coutar	coutares	coutar	coutarmos	coutardes	coutaren
Imperative
Affirmative		couta	coute	coutemos	coutade	couten
Negative (non)		non coutes	non coute	non coutemos	non coutedes	non couten

    Reintegrated conjugation of coutar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	coutar
Personal	coutar	coutares	coutar	coutarmos	coutardes	coutarem
Gerund
	coutando
Past participle
Masculine	coutado			coutados
Feminine	coutada			coutadas
Indicative
Present	couto	coutas	couta	coutamos	coutades, coutais	coutam
Imperfect	coutava	coutavas	coutava	coutávamos	coutávades, coutáveis, coutávais1	coutavam
Preterite	coutei	coutaste, coutache1	coutou	coutamos	coutastes	coutárom, coutaram
Pluperfect	coutara	coutaras	coutara	coutáramos	coutárades, coutáreis, coutárais1	coutaram
Future	coutarei	coutarás	coutará	coutaremos	coutaredes, coutareis	coutarám, coutarão
Conditional	coutaria	coutarias	coutaria	coutaríamos	coutaríades, coutaríeis, coutaríais1	coutariam
Subjunctive
Present	coute	coutes	coute	coutemos	coutedes, couteis	coutem
Imperfect	coutasse	coutasses	coutasse	coutássemos	coutássedes, coutásseis	coutassem
Future	coutar	coutares	coutar	coutarmos	coutardes	coutarem
Imperative
Affirmative		couta	coute	coutemos	coutade, coutai	coutem
Negative (nom)		nom coutes	nom coute	nom coutemos	nom coutedes, nom couteis	nom coutem

¹Less recommended.

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “coutar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “coutar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “coutar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “coutar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “coutar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Latin

Verb

coūtar

1. first-person singular future active indicative of coūtor