escoitar

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskojˈtaɾ/
• IPA^(key): /eskujˈtaɾ/

Verb

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"

   • 1822, anonymous, A Parola Polêteca:

     En escoitalo, señor tio Calacú, xà o peléxo do meu corpo tembra. Sei que á tanta agua que acarrexóu amolentoulle os miolos, é por eso louquéa

     While listening to you, my sir uncle Pumpkin, my body's skin trembles. Perhaps the much water you have carried softened you brain, and therefore you are going insane

2. to listen while hidden.

   quen escoita, mal de si ouza (proverb)

   he/she who skulks should hear bad thing about himself/herself

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ascoit”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “escoitar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escoitar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “escoitar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escoitar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN