aproveitar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese aproveytar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a- +‎ proveito +‎ -ar. Cognate with Portuguese aproveitar and Spanish aprovechar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [apɾoβejˈtaɾ]

Verb

1. to profit
2. to take advantage of, to make use of
   • 1457, J. L. Novo Cazón (ed.), El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500). A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 402:

     prometo de me non aiudar nen aproueytar deles

     I promise not to help myself nor to take advantage of them

   • 1886, in O Galiciano, 91, p. 3:

     O que a ti che compría, repriquei, era unha boa vragasta polo lombo; sempre foches un perdido, e pra botar un día máis de pándega aporveitaste desa bouba da fin do mundo ...

     "What you need", I reply, "is a good cane down your back; you have always been a dissolute guy, and for having one more day of fun you are taking advantage of this hoax about the end of the world …"

Further reading

• “aproveitar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aproveytar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “aproveytar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aproveitar”, 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), “aproveitar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aproveitar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

a- +‎ proveito +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.pɾo.vejˈta(ʁ)/ [a.pɾo.veɪ̯ˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.pɾo.vejˈta(ʁ)/ [a.pɾo.veɪ̯ˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.pɾo.vejˈta(ɾ)/ [a.pɾo.veɪ̯ˈta(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.pɾo.vejˈta(ʁ)/ [a.pɾo.veɪ̯ˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.pɾo.vejˈta(ɻ)/ [a.pɾo.veɪ̯ˈta(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɾu.vɐjˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɾu.vɐjˈtaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɾu.bejˈtaɾ/ [ɐ.pɾu.βejˈtaɾ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɾu.vejˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɾu.veˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧pro‧vei‧tar

Verb

1. to take, appropriate
2. to avail, to seize; utilize, to use
3. to be useful
4. to take advantage of; to benefit, to put to (good/better) use, to make (good/better) use of, to make the best of

   Você deveria aproveitar essa oportunidade.

   You should take advantage of this opportunity.

5. to harness; to utilize

Derived terms

• aproveitamento

Further reading

• “aproveitar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “aproveitar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024