a eito

Galician

Etymology

From 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

   Synonyms: de a feito, arreo

   • 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.

2. immediately
3. at random

   Synonym: ao chou

References

• “aeito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “a eito” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “eito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “a eito” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “a eito” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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 or interruption

   Synonym: ininterruptamente