xeito

Asturian edit

Adjective edit

xeito

neuter singular of xeitu

Galician edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese geito, from a Vulgar Latin *iectus, jectus, alteration of Latin iactus, perfect passive participle of iaciō (“throw, hurl; emit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- (“to throw, let go”). Compare Portuguese jeito.

Alternative forms edit

jeito (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈʃejto̝/

Noun edit

xeito m (plural xeitos)

way, manner or fashion (of doing something)
Iso non che ten xeito!
that makes no sense! / This is not the correct way of doing it!
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, page 461:
  Et andaua asseiando a Éytor, hu veería jeyto ou ora pera o matar.
  He was spying on Hector, where he would find the way and the opportunity of killing him
- 1746, Martín Sarmiento, Coloquio de 24 gallegos rústicos, page 144:
  eu seica cho nego? Eu falo o que sei, ti fala ao teu xeito
  So, am I negating it? I speak what I know; you should speak in your way
Synonyms: forma, maneira, modo
appearance (how something appears)
Synonyms: aspecto, traza
skill, ability
Synonyms: habelencia, habilidade, maña
care (close attention)
Vai con xeito, non te apures
Drive with care, don't run!
- 1807, Ramón Mariño Paz, editor, Segundo diálogo dos esterqueiros, page 4:
  — [...] seique fostes á taberna? —Ó xeito, ó xeito co'eso: estános a xente escoitando; non sea que perda o creto polas vosas faladuras.
  —they say that you went to the tavern? —Take care, take care with that: the people is listening; or else I'll lose all my credit because of your chit-chat.
Synonyms: coidado, preacución
a technique of net fishing
- 1869, Domingo Blanco (ed.), A poesía popular en Galicia 1745-1885. Recopilación, estudio e edición crítica (vol. I), Vigo: Xerais, page 387:
  Anque che veño do xeito non che veño de xeitar: veño de tomar sardiñas d'alá do medio do mar.
  Although I came from fishing ["xeito"] I've haven't been resting ["xeitar"]: I've come from catching sardines in the middle of the sea
  
  (there's a pun between xeitar, resting, and xeito, throwing, i.e. fishing)

Derived terms edit

xeitoso

References edit

“jeyto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“jeito” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
“xeito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“xeito” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“xeito” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

xeito

first-person singular present indicative of xeitar