aceite

See also: aceité

Asturian

Noun

aceite m (plural aceites)

1. oil (liquid fat)

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese azeyte (13^th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic زَيْت (zayt, “oil, edible or for combustion”). Cognate with Portuguese azeite, Spanish aceite, and Hebrew זית (záyit, “olive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈθejtɪ], (western) [aˈsejtɪ]

Noun

aceite m (plural aceites)

1. olive oil

   Synonyms: aceite doce, aceite de oliveira, aceite de alcuza

2. (by extension) oil used for cooking or illumination

   Synonym: óleo

Derived terms

• aceitar
• aceite de colza
• aceite de oliva
• aceite de palma
• aceite de xirasol
• aceitoso

 

References

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

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Portuguese

Verb

aceite m or f (plural aceites)

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Verb

aceite

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈθeite/ [aˈθei̯.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈseite/ [aˈsei̯.t̪e]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -eite

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish azeyte (cf. Ladino azeyte), from Andalusian Arabic [Term?], from Arabic زَيْت (zayt, “oil, edible or for combustion”), cognate with Hebrew זית (záyit, “olive”).

Noun

aceite m (plural aceites)

1. oil

   Synonym: óleo

2. olive oil

   Synonym: aceite de oliva

Hyponyms

• aceite de canola (“canola oil”)
• aceite de coco (“coconut oil”)
• aceite de colza
• aceite de girasol
• aceite de hígado de bacalao
• aceite de linaza (“flaxseed oil”)
• aceite de oliva
• aceite de palma
• aceite de ricino
• aceite de sésamo (“sesame oil”)
• aceite esencial
• aceite onotado
• aceite vegetal

 

Derived terms

• aceitar
• aceitazo
• aceitero
• aceitoso
• ajiaceite
• balsa de aceite
• como el aceite y el agua
• perder aceite

 

Related terms

• aceituna

Descendants

• → Cebuano: asete
• → Huave: aset
• → Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: asiti

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

aceite

1. inflection of aceitar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “aceite”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014