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Galician
Etymology
From couto + -ar.
Pronunciation
Verb
coutar (first-person singular present couto, first-person singular preterite coutei, past participle coutado)
- to stop, to detain, to restrain, to hold back
- Synonyms: parar, reter
1840, Florencio Pol, Á memoria dun amigo santiagués:recólle co teu esprito, amigo amado,
estas vagoas que non podo coutar- catch with your spirit, beloved friend,
these tears I cannot hold back
- to fence, to enclose
- (folklore) to cure with traditional medicine and spells
Conjugation
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person (eu)
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Second-person (ti / tu)
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Third-person (ele / ela / você)
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First-person (nós)
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Second-person (vós)
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Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
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Infinitive
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Impersonal
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coutar
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Personal
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coutar
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coutares
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coutar
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coutarmos
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coutardes
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coutarem
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Gerund
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coutando
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Past participle
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Masculine
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coutado
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coutados
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Feminine
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coutada
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coutadas
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Indicative
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Present
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couto
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coutas
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couta
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coutamos
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coutades, coutais
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coutam
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Imperfect
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coutava
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coutavas
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coutava
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coutávamos
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coutávades, coutáveis, coutávais1
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coutavam
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Preterite
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coutei
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coutaste, coutache1
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coutou
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coutamos
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coutastes
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coutárom, coutaram
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Pluperfect
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coutara
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coutaras
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coutara
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coutáramos
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coutárades, coutáreis, coutárais1
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coutaram
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Future
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coutarei
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coutarás
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coutará
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coutaremos
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coutaredes, coutareis
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coutarám, coutarão
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Conditional
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coutaria
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coutarias
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coutaria
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coutaríamos
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coutaríades, coutaríeis, coutaríais1
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coutariam
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Subjunctive
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Present
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coute
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coutes
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coute
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coutemos
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coutedes, couteis
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coutem
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Imperfect
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coutasse
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coutasses
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coutasse
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coutássemos
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coutássedes, coutásseis
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coutassem
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Future
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coutar
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coutares
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coutar
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coutarmos
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coutardes
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coutarem
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Imperative
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Affirmative
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couta
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coute
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coutemos
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coutade, coutai
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coutem
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Negative (nom)
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nom coutes
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nom coute
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nom coutemos
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nom coutedes, nom couteis
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nom coutem
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References
- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “coutar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “coutar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “coutar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “coutar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- “coutar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Latin
Verb
coūtar
- first-person singular future active indicative of coūtor