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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese contribuyr, contribuir (15th century), from Latin contribuere.
Verb
contribuír (first-person singular present contribúo, first-person singular preterite contribuín, past participle contribuído)
- to contribute
1895, A. López Ferreiro, A tecedeira de Bonaval, page 198:[…] por canto o reino de Galicia contribuíra con 40.000 ducados para o equipo d'armada, e por canto o botín que se collera nos barcos franceses acababa de ser arrebatado dos portos gallegos, procedía que se lles restituíse.- since the Kingdom of Galicia contributed with 40,000 ducats for provisions of the army, and since the booty taken from the French ships had just been snatched from the Galician harbours, it was proceeding to restitute it
- to pay taxes
Conjugation
Conjugation of contribuír (u becomes ú when stressed)
Related terms
References
- “contribu” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “contribuír” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “contribuír” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “contribuír” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.