a eito

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese a eito (13^th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a (from Latin ad) + eito (from Latin ictus). Cognate with Portuguese a eito and Spanish a hecho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈej.tʊ]

Adverb

a eito

1. uninterruptedly and exhaustively; nonstop; indiscriminately, without distinction
   • 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.

   Synonyms: de a feito, arreo

2. immediately
3. at random

   Synonym: ao chou

References

• 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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From a (from Latin ad) + eito (from Latin ictus). From Old Galician-Portuguese a eito. Cognate with Galician a eito.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a ˈej.tu/ [a ˈeɪ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a ˈej.tu/ [a ˈeɪ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a ˈej.to/ [a ˈeɪ̯.to]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ ˈɐj.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ ˈɐj.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ ˈej.tu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ ˈej.tu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ ˈe.tu/

Adverb

a eito

1. uninterruptedly, without intermission

   Synonym: ininterruptamente