# deitar
## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese deitar, from Vulgar Latin *dēctāre, from Latin dējectāre, frequentative of dējicere (“to throw, hurl down”). Compare Portuguese deitar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dejˈtaɾ/

### Verb

deitar (first-person singular present deito, first-person singular preterite deitei, past participle deitado)
* (transitive) to lay; to lean
    Synonym: pousar
** c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 806:prouarõ tres escaleyras de fuste et acharõnas curtas; et desi atarõnas a hũa cõ a outra et deytarõnas a hũa torrethey tried three wooden ladders but found them too short; and so they tied them together and leaned them against a tower
* (transitive) to cause to fall
* (pronominal) to lie down
* (transitive) to throw; to expel
    Synonym: chimpar
* (transitive) to pour
    Synonym: botar
* (transitive) to leak
    Synonym: perder

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “deitar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “deitar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “deitar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “deitar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “deitar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* “deitar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* deitare

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin dējectāre, frequentative of dējicere (“to throw, hurl down”), probably via an early *deieitar, with reduction via haplology.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dej.ˈtaɾ/
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Verb

deitar
* to lay (to place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position)
** 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 4 (facsimile):
    Eſta e como Santa maria guardou ao fillo do judeu que non ardeſſe que ſeu padre deitara no forno
       This one is about how Holy Mary protected from being burnt the son of the Jew whose father had been laid in the furnace.

#### Descendants

* Galician: deitar
* Portuguese: deitar

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "deitar~deitare"

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese deitar, from a Vulgar Latin *dēctāre, from Latin dējectāre, frequentative of dējicere (“to throw, hurl down”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /dejˈta(ʁ)/ [deɪ̯ˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /dejˈta(ʁ)/ [deɪ̯ˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /dejˈta(ɾ)/ [deɪ̯ˈta(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /dejˈta(ʁ)/ [deɪ̯ˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /dejˈta(ɻ)/ [deɪ̯ˈta(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɐjˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɐjˈtaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /dejˈtaɾ/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /dejˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /deˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: dei‧tar

### Verb

deitar (first-person singular present deito, first-person singular preterite deitei, past participle deitado)
* (intransitive, sometimes pronominal) to lie down (to rest in a horizontal position)
    Synonym: reclinar(-se)
    Antonyms: erguer-se, levantar
* (by extension, intransitive) to go to sleep
    Synonym: ir dormir
* (transitive) to lay (to place in a horizontal position)
* (transitive) to throw [with direct object ‘something’, along with a or em ‘to someone’]
    Synonyms: arremessar, jogar, lançar, tacar
    deitar fora ― to throw away
* (transitive) to pour [with direct object ‘something’ and sobre ‘onto something’]
* (transitive) to emit; to give off; to give out
    Synonym: emitir
* (reflexive) to drop (to lower oneself quickly to the ground)
* (reflexive) to lie down (to assume a reclining position)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* deitada
* deitado

### References

* ↑ “deitar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “deitar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* ↑ “deitar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025