axeitar
Asturian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʃei̯ˈtaɾ/ [a.ʃei̯ˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧xei‧tar
Verb
axeitar
(Western)
- to adjust, arrange
- to insert
- to put in order, fix
- to clean, tidy up
- to be suitable, apt, convenient
- to put someone in their place
- to sit down
- to take in
- to do something perfectly
Further reading
- “axeitar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
- García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “axeitar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
Galician
Etymology
Attested since the 15th century (but its derivative, axeito, since the 13th). From a- + xeito; compare Portuguese ajeitar.
Verb
axeitar (first-person singular present axeito, first-person singular preterite axeitei, past participle axeitado)
- (transitive) to adjust, arrange, improve, make fit; to accommodate
- 1485, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 56:
- eu lles ansi mando ô ditto fernan dianes seja obligado de llesdar conta con pago de todo e a coidar sopena de miña bendicion e ansi mismo seja tutor e guardador dos vees e persona da ditta miña neta e teña cargo dela dea enderesar e guardar todo o seu como dos outros meos fillos seos e mentras a o qual lle leijo todo ô cargo e ansi mismo miñas fillas que teño da ditta Eluira Sanchez e de Maria Gomes para que os ajeitte e procure como a seu fillo
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (pronominal) to be suitable; to manage; to get by; to adapt
- Synonym: afacer
- Non me axeito a este traballo. ― I don't adapt to this job
Conjugation
Conjugation of axeitar
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “axeitar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “axeitar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “axeitar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “axeitar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Categories:
- Asturian terms prefixed with a-
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- Rhymes:Asturian/aɾ
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- Asturian lemmas
- Asturian verbs
- Western Asturian
- Galician terms prefixed with a-
- Galician lemmas
- Galician verbs
- Galician verbs ending in -ar
- Galician transitive verbs
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