a eito
Galician
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese a eito (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a (from Latin ad) + eito (from Latin ictus). Cognate with Portuguese a eito and Spanish a hecho.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
edit- uninterruptedly and exhaustively; nonstop; indiscriminately, without distinction
- Synonyms: de a feito, arreo
- 1840, Antonio de la Iglesia, Poesías:
- Mandarávos o inverno máis insofríbel e caro
pra homes papar a eito
ca xiada entanguiñados.- he'll send over you the most insufferable and expensive winter
for eating men nonstop [indiscriminately / in large quantities],
frozen stiff.
- he'll send over you the most insufferable and expensive winter
- immediately
- at random
- Synonym: ao chou
References
edit- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aeito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “a eito”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “eito”, 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), “a eito”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “a eito”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom a (from Latin ad) + eito (from Latin ictus). From Old Galician-Portuguese a eito. Cognate with Galician a eito.
Pronunciation
edit
Adverb
edit- uninterruptedly, without intermission or interruption
- Synonym: ininterruptamente
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