loitar

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese luitar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin luctāre, from Latin luctārī, present active infinitive of luctor (struggle). Compare Portuguese lutar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lojˈtaɾ/

Verb

loitar (first-person singular present loito, first-person singular preterite loitei, past participle loitado)

  1. to fight, to struggle
    Synonyms: pelexar, lear, punar, estalifar, derrancar, gurrar, dedolar, desortir
  2. to wrestle
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 47:
      Et desque os moços forõ creçendo, treuellauã et loytauã moytas vezes hũu cõ o outro, et lançauã as pedras cõ as fondas segundo que fazẽ os moços.
      And as the boys were growing up, they played and wrestled together frequently, and threw stones with slings, as boys do
    Synonyms: pelexar, lear, punar, estalifar, derrancar, gurrar, dedolar, desortir, rifar

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Derived terms

References

  • luitar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • luit” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • loyt” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • loitar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • loitar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • loitar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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