a eito
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-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
- uninterruptedly and exhaustively; nonstop; indiscriminately, without distinction
- Synonyms: de a feito, arreo
- 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.
- he'll send over you the most insufferable and expensive winter
- immediately
- 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 Galician-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/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ ˈej.tu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ ˈej.tu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ ˈe.tu/
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