convir

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin convenīre, present active infinitive of conveniō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /komˈbiɾ/
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Hyphenation: con‧vir

Verb

convir (first-person singular present conveño, first-person singular preterite convín, past participle convindo)
convir (first-person singular present convenho, first-person singular preterite convim, past participle convindo, reintegrationist norm)

  1. to agree
  2. to suit; to be convenient
    • 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 76:
      Et isto era por que se assanaua logo et nõ era paçiẽte nẽ sofrudo para oyr as razões dos que uĩjnã a seu juyzo, o que nõ conuĩjna para o que julga.
      And that was because he angered soon and was not patient or forgiving for hearing the reasons of the ones that came to his judgement, which was not suitable for the one who judges
  3. to meet, come together

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References

  • conviir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • conv” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • convir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • convir” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • convir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
  • convir” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese convĩir, from Latin convenīre.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: con‧vir

Verb

convir (first-person singular present convenho, first-person singular preterite convim, past participle convindo) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. to agree
  2. to suit, fit
  3. to be appropriate or convenient

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:convir.

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