Galician

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Etymology

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

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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

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin dējectāre, frequentative of dējicere (to throw, hurl down), probably via an early *deieitar, with reduction via haplology.

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deitar

  1. to lay (to place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position)

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  • Galician: deitar
  • Portuguese: deitar

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese deitar, from a Vulgar Latin *dēctāre, from Latin dējectāre,[1][2][3] frequentative of dējicere (to throw, hurl down).

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  • Hyphenation: dei‧tar

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, sometimes pronominal) to lie down (to rest in a horizontal position)
    Synonym: reclinar(-se)
    Antonyms: erguer-se, levantar
  2. (by extension, intransitive) to go to sleep
    Synonym: ir dormir
  3. (transitive) to lay (to place in a horizontal position)
  4. (transitive) to throw [with direct object ‘something’, along with a or em ‘to someone’]
    Synonyms: arremessar, jogar, lançar, tacar
    deitar forato throw away
  5. (transitive) to pour [with direct object ‘something’ and sobre ‘onto something’]
  6. (transitive) to emit; to give off; to give out
    Synonym: emitir
  7. (reflexive) to drop (to lower oneself quickly to the ground)
  8. (reflexive) to lie down (to assume a reclining position)

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  1. ^ deitar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ deitar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 20082024
  3. ^ deitar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 20152024