arredar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese arredar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *ad retrō, from ad- (“to”) +‎ retrō (“backwards”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /areˈðaɾ/

Verb

1. to move away, draw away
   • c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", p. 293:

     Et dizẽ os sabedores que [todolos] rrios [saem] do mar, et van [per] canos por la terra et por que a agoa sal do mar, vay se coando et adulçãdo quanto mays vay por terra espessa et se mays do mar arreda

     And the people who know say that every river exits from the sea, and goes through channels in the earth by which water comes from the sea, ant it filters and sweetens the more it goes through dense earth and the more it draws away from the sea

2. to separate
3. to push back
   • c. 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana

     Et os troyãos tornarõ entõçe todos, et ferírõnos tã brauament que os gregos forõ arredados afora per força.

     And the Trojans came back them, and they fought so bravely that the Greeks were forcibly outed

   • 1617, Martín Torrado, Santo da Barba Dourada

     Eu non vin tal entremés: que a un crego lle fagan ter unha freira por muller... Arreda vai, Satanás!.

     Never I've seen such a thing: that a priest is obliged to take a nun for his wife... Get back, Satan!

Derived terms

• arredismo
• arredista

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “arred”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arredar”, 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 Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *ad retrō, from Latin ad + retrō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

1. to depart
2. to deter
3. to turn away