a eito

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese a eito (13th 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
    • 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.
    Synonyms: de a feito, arreo
  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 Portuguese a eito. Cognate with Galician a eito.

Pronunciation
 
  • (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/
    • (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
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