deitar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese deitar, from Latin dēiectāre (“to throw”), from dēiectus (“throw”), from dēiciō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dejˈtaɾ/

Verb

1. (transitive) to lay; to lean
   • c1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 806:

     prouarõ tres escaleyras de fuste et acharõnas curtas; et desi atarõnas a hũa cõ a outra et deytarõnas a hũa torre

     they tried three wooden ladders but found them too short; and so they tied them together and leaned them against a tower

   Synonym: pousar

2. (transitive) to cause to fall
3. (pronominal) to lie down
4. (transitive) to throw; to expel

   Synonym: chimpar

5. (transitive) to pour

   Synonym: botar

6. (transitive) to leak

   Synonym: perder

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “deitar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “deitar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *dectāre, contraction of Latin dēiectāre, dējectāre, present active infinitive of dēiectō, dējectō (“hurl down”), from dēiectus (“throw; drooping”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ej.ˈtaɾ/

Verb

deitar

1. to lay (to place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position)
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 4 (facsimile):

     Eſta e como Santa maria guardou ao fillo do judeu que non ardeſſe que ſeu padre deitara no forno

     This one is (about) how Holy Mary protected from being burnt the son of the Jew whose father had lied in the furnace.

Descendants

• Galician: deitar
• Portuguese: deitar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese deitar, from a Vulgar Latin *dēctāre, contraction of Latin dēiectāre, present active infinitive of hurl down, from dēiectus (“throw; drooping”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dej.ˈta(ʁ)/
• IPA^(key): /dej.ˈta(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /dej.ˈta(ɻ)/
• IPA^(key): /dej.ˈta(χ)/
• IPA^(key): /dɐj.ˈtaɾ/

Verb

2. (intransitive, sometimes pronominal) to lie down (to rest in a horizontal position)

   Synonym: reclinar(-se)

   Antonyms: erguer-se, levantar

4. (by extension, intransitive) to go to sleep

   Synonym: ir dormir

6. (transitive) to lay (to place in a horizontal position)
8. Template:indtr to throw (to cause to fall off onto)

   Synonyms: arremessar, jogar, lançar, tacar

   deitar fora ― to throw away

10. (transitive) to emit; to give off; to give out

    Synonym: emitir

Related terms

• deitada
• deitado