queixar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈʃa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kejˈʃaɾ]

Verb

queixar

1. infinitive of queixar-se

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese queixar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably from Vulgar Latin *quassiare, from Latin quassāre, present active infinitive of quassō (“I shake”). Compare Portuguese queixar and Spanish quejar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kejˈʃaɾ/

Verb

1. to complain
   • 1289, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra. Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 114:

     Demays quando se alguun ou alguus dos ouriuez ou outro qualquer se queixaren dos ueedores dos ouriuez ou dalguun delles dos ouriuez a os vigarios dos canbedores, que elles venan ante os vigarios dos canbeadores et façan dereyto por elles, assy como senpre foy acostumado.

     Also, when any or some of the goldsmiths or any other one complain about the overseer of the goldsmiths or about any one of them to the vicars of the exchangers, that they should come before the vicars of the exchangers and to make right through them, as has always been usual

   Synonym: protestar

2. to whine, whinge

   Synonym: laiar

Derived terms

• aqueixar
• queixa
• queixoso
• queixume

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “queixar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “queix”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “queixar”, 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), “queixar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “queixar”, 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 Vulgar Latin *quassiare, from Latin quassāre, present active infinitive of quassō (“I shake”). Compare Spanish quejar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ke(j)ˈʃa(ʁ)/ [ke(ɪ̯)ˈʃa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ke(j)ˈʃa(ʁ)/ [ke(ɪ̯)ˈʃa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ke(j)ˈʃa(ɾ)/ [ke(ɪ̯)ˈʃa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ke(j)ˈʃa(ʁ)/ [ke(ɪ̯)ˈʃa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ke(j)ˈʃa(ɻ)/ [ke(ɪ̯)ˈʃa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐjˈʃaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐjˈʃaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kejˈʃaɾ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kejˈʃaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /keˈʃa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: quei‧xar

• Audio (Brazil):

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Verb

1. (pronominal) to complain

   Sempre se queixam. ― They always complain.

   Synonyms: protestar, reclamar

2. (pronominal) to whine, whinge

   Synonyms: lamentar, lamuriar

Derived terms

• queixa