regatear

Galician

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *recaptare, from Latin re +‎ captare (“to take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reɣateˈaɾ/

Verb

1. (dated) to resell
   • 1417, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 76:

     Iten que regaton nen regateira nen outra persona algũa non seja ousado de conprar enna çidade nen fora dela duas legoas arredor cousa algũa para a regatar et vender outra ves so pena adeante contiuda.

     Item, that no reseller, man or woman, nor anyone else, dares to buy —in this city or outside of it two leagues around— anything for reselling and selling again under the penalty that is set forth

2. to haggle

   Synonym: relear

Related terms

• regateiro
• regatón

References

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

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• regatar

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  *recaptare, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin re +‎ captare (“to take”).

Verb

1. to haggle over

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Spanish

Etymology

From recatear, from recatar, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  *recaptare, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin re + captare (“to take”).

Verb

1. to bargain
2. to barter
3. to haggle over
4. to begrudge
5. (nautical) to race

See also

• escatimar