facer as beiras

Galician

Etymology

Literally, “to make the sides”, that is, to accompany.

Verb

facer as beiras (first-person singular present fago as beiras, first-person singular preterite fixen as beiras, past participle feito as beiras)

1. (idiomatic) to woo, court
2. (idiomatic) to pick up, chat up (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of facer as beiras (irregular)

	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	facer as beiras
Personal	facer as beiras	faceres as beiras	facer as beiras	facermos as beiras	facerdes as beiras	faceren as beiras
Gerund
	facendo as beiras
Past participle
Masculine	feito as beiras			feitos as beiras
Feminine	feita as beiras			feitas as beiras
Indicative
Present	fago as beiras	fas as beiras	fai as beiras	facemos as beiras	facedes as beiras	fan as beiras
Imperfect	facía as beiras	facías as beiras	facía as beiras	faciamos as beiras	faciades as beiras	facían as beiras
Preterite	fixen as beiras	fixeches as beiras	fixo as beiras	fixemos as beiras	fixestes as beiras	fixeron as beiras
Pluperfect	fixera as beiras	fixeras as beiras	fixera as beiras	fixeramos as beiras	fixerades as beiras	fixeran as beiras
Future	farei as beiras	farás as beiras	fará as beiras	faremos as beiras	faredes as beiras	farán as beiras
Conditional	faría as beiras	farías as beiras	faría as beiras	fariamos as beiras	fariades as beiras	farían as beiras
Subjunctive
Present	faga as beiras	fagas as beiras	faga as beiras	fagamos as beiras	fagades as beiras	fagan as beiras
Imperfect	fixese as beiras	fixeses as beiras	fixese as beiras	fixésemos as beiras	fixésedes as beiras	fixesen as beiras
Future	fixer as beiras	fixeres as beiras	fixer as beiras	fixermos as beiras	fixerdes as beiras	fixeren as beiras
Imperative
Affirmative		fai as beiras	faga as beiras	fagamos as beiras	facede as beiras	fagan as beiras
Negative (non)		non fagas as beiras	non faga as beiras	non fagamos as beiras	non fagades as beiras	non fagan as beiras

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “beiras”, 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), “facer as beiras”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “facer as beiras”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN