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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
- Synonyms: acomodar, arranxar, axustar
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
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References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ajeit”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, 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 Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé 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