deitar

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese deitar, from Latin dēiectāre (“to throw”), from dēiectus (“throw”), from dēiciō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dejˈtaɾ/

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to lay

   Synonym: pousar

2. (transitive) to cause to fall
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to lie down
4. (transitive) to throw; to expel

   Synonym: chimpar

5. (transitive) to pour

   Synonym: botar

6. (transitive) to leak

   Synonym: perder

References

• “deitar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “deitar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “deitar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “deitar” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “deitar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *dectāre^[1][2], contraction of Latin dēiectāre, dējectāre, present active infinitive of dēiectō, dējectō (“hurl down”), from dēiectus (“throw; drooping”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ej.ˈtaɾ/

Verb

deitar

1. to lay (to place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position)
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 4 (facsimile):

     Eſta e como Santa maria guardou ao fillo do judeu que non ardeſſe que ſeu padre deitara no forno

     This one is (about) how Holy Mary protected from being burnt the son of the Jew whose father had lied in the furnace.

References

Etymology

From Old Portuguese deitar, from a Vulgar Latin *dectāre^[1][2], contraction of Latin dēiectāre, dējectāre, present active infinitive of dēiectō, dējectō (“hurl down”), from dēiectus (“throw; drooping”).

Pronunciation

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /dej.ˈta(ɹ)/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /dej.ˈta(ɻ)/
• (Carioca) IPA^(key): /dej.ˈta(χ)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɐj.ˈtaɾ/

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, sometimes takes a reflexive pronoun) to lie down (to rest in a horizontal position)
2. (by extension, intransitive) to go to sleep
3. (transitive) to lay (to place in a horizontal position)
4. (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking a or em or sobre) to throw (to cause to fall off onto)
5. (transitive) to emit; to give off; to give out

References