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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese luitar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin luctārī. Compare Portuguese lutar, Spanish luchar.
Pronunciation
Verb
loitar (first-person singular present loito, first-person singular preterite loitei, past participle loitado)
- to fight, to struggle
- Synonyms: pelexar, lear, punar, estalifar, derrancar, gurrar, dedolar, desortir
- 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
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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loitar
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Personal
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loitar
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loitares
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loitar
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loitarmos
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loitardes
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loitarem
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Gerund
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loitando
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Past participle
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Masculine
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loitado
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loitados
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Feminine
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loitada
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loitadas
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Indicative
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Present
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loito
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loitas
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loita
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loitamos
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loitades, loitais
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loitam
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Imperfect
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loitava
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loitavas
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loitava
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loitávamos
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loitávades, loitáveis, loitávais1
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loitavam
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Preterite
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loitei
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loitaste, loitache1
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loitou
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loitamos
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loitastes
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loitárom, loitaram
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Pluperfect
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loitara
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loitaras
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loitara
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loitáramos
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loitárades, loitáreis, loitárais1
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loitaram
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Future
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loitarei
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loitarás
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loitará
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loitaremos
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loitaredes, loitareis
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loitarám, loitarão
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Conditional
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loitaria
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loitarias
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loitaria
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loitaríamos
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loitaríades, loitaríeis, loitaríais1
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loitariam
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Subjunctive
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Present
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loite
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loites
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loite
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loitemos
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loitedes, loiteis
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loitem
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Imperfect
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loitasse
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loitasses
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loitasse
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loitássemos
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loitássedes, loitásseis
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loitassem
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Future
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loitar
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loitares
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loitar
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loitarmos
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loitardes
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loitarem
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Imperative
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Affirmative
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loita
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loite
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loitemos
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loitade, loitai
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loitem
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Negative (nom)
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nom loites
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nom loite
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nom loitemos
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nom loitedes, nom loiteis
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nom loitem
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Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “luitar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “luit”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “loyt”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “loitar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “loitar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “loitar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “loitar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “loitar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN