doito

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Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese doito (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin doctus. Cognate with Portuguese douto and Spanish ducho.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdojto/
  • Rhymes: -ojto
  • Hyphenation: doi‧to

Adjective

doito (feminine doita, masculine plural doitos, feminine plural doitas)

  1. (archaic) experienced; used to
    Synonym: afeito
    Murmuray murmuradores, que sempre o habedes doyto; murmurade dos casados, que dos solteyros no he moyto (folk song, 18th century)
    Gossip gossipers, as you are used to; gossip about the married ones, not much to gossip about bachelors
    • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:
      Dime algùnha còusa dòce
      como habes doito, é catá,
      que si así no no fazèdes,
      me escatìmo, é velo hàs.
      Ven sabedes, vaiche bòa!
      como estas cousas se fàn,
      è madia tendes, senon
      eu êime de encabuxar.
      Tell me something sweet
      As you are used to, but beware,
      if you don't do it like that
      I'll take offence, you'll see.
      You know well, it could not be otherwise!
      how these things are done,
      no doubt about it or else
      I'll get angry.

Derived terms

References

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin doctus.

Adjective

doito m (plural doitos, feminine doita, feminine plural doitas)

  1. experienced

Descendants

  • Galician: doito
  • Portuguese: douto

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