escoitar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ascoitar, ascuitar, from Vulgar Latin *ascultāre, from Latin auscultāre (“to listen”). Cognate of Portuguese escutar.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /eskojˈtaɾ/
  • (dialectal) IPA(key): /eskujˈtaɾ/

Verb

escoitar (first-person singular present escoito, first-person singular preterite escoitei, past participle escoitado)

  1. to listen, to pay attention.
    • 1697, Iván Antonio Torrado, Fiestas Minervales, page 53:
      Fala o corvo, escoiten todos: Eu veño con asas negras Cortando os ventos de lonxe
      The crow speaks, "everybody, listen to me: I've come with black wings cutting the wind from far away"
  2. to listen while hidden.
    quen escoita, mal de si ouza (proverb)
    he/she who skulks should hear bad thing about himself/herself

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