coyer

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English

Pronunciation

Adjective

coyer

  1. comparative form of coy: more coy

Anagrams

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • coller (dated)
  • cuyer (Western Asturias)
  • cuyyer (Brañas)
  • cocher (Teberga, Palacios del Sil, West)
  • cucher (Somiedu, Miranda, Babia, Ḷḷaciana, Ibias, Valle Gordo)
  • coer (Candamu, Muros del Nalón, Pravia)
  • acoer (Pravia)
  • cuer (Tinéu)
  • cuyir (Central Asturias)
  • cuir (Central Asturias)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Leonese coller from Latin colligere, present active infinitive of colligō (“I collect, I gather”). Compare Spanish coger, Galician coller, Portuguese colher.

Pronunciation

Verb

coyer

  1. to pick, take
  2. to harvest, collect
    Foron a coyer el maíz
    They went to collect the corn
  3. to fit, enter (to be able to be contained (by something; regardless of whether space or volume remains))
    L'almariu nun cueye pequí
    The wardrobe doesn't fit thorugh here
    ¡Equí nun cueye más xente!
    There's no room for more people here!
  4. to head, to make one's way, to head over
    Coyeron pa la ilesia
    They headed over to the church
    Coyeron pela sienda pa marchar
    They made their way through the path to leave
  5. to get water into one's shoes
    Ten cudiáu que tal agua parao y vas coyer les madreñes
    Be careful, the water is still and you're going to soak your clogs
  6. to run over
    Coyólu un coche
    A car ran him over
  7. to board (a vehicle, especially public transit)

Conjugation

Impersonal forms
Infinitive coyer
Gerund coyendo
Past participle m coyíu, f coyida, n coyío, m pl coyíos, f pl coyíes
Personal forms
yo tu él~elli/-a/-o nosotros/-es~nós vosotros/-es~vós ellos/-es
Indicative Present cueyo cueyes cueye coyemos coyéis cueyen
Imperfect preterite coyía coyíes coyía coyíamos
coyíemos 		coyíais
coyíeis 		coyíen
Perfect preterite coyí coyisti
coyesti 		coyó coyimos
coyemos 		coyistis
coyestis 		coyeron
Pluperfect preterite coyera
coyere 		coyeras
coyeres 		coyera
coyere 		coyéramos
coyéremos 		coyerais
coyereis 		coyeran
coyeren
yo tu él~elli/-a/-o nosotros/-es~nós vosotros/-es~vós ellos/-es
Subjunctive Present cueya cueyas cueya coyamos coyáis cueyan
Imperfect preterite coyera
coyere 		coyeras
coyeres 		coyera
coyere 		coyéramos
coyéremos 		coyerais
coyereis 		coyeran
coyeren
yo tu él~elli/-a/-o nosotros/-es~nós vosotros/-es~vós ellos/-es
Potential Future coyeré coyerás coyerá coyeremos coyeréis coyerán
Conditional coyería coyeríes coyería coyeríamos
coyeríemos 		coyeríais
coyeríeis 		coyeríen
- tu vusté nosotros/-es~nós vosotros/-es~vós vustedes
Imperative cueyi
coyi		 vamos coyer coyéi


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