loitar

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Galician

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Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese luitar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin luctārī. Compare Portuguese lutar, Spanish luchar.

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loitar (first-person singular present loito, first-person singular preterite loitei, past participle loitado)

  1. to fight, to struggle
    Synonyms: pelexar, lear, punar, estalifar, derrancar, gurrar, dedolar, desortir
  2. to wrestle
    Synonyms: pelexar, lear, punar, estalifar, derrancar, gurrar, dedolar, desortir, rifar
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 47:
      Et desque os moços forõ creçendo, treuellauã et loytauã moytas vezes hũu cõ o outro, et lançauã as pedras cõ as fondas segundo que fazẽ os moços.
      And as the boys were growing up, they played and wrestled together frequently, and threw stones with slings, as boys do

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