reboutar

Attested since the 18th century. Uncertain: from re- + botar (“to throw”) or voltar (“to return”).

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reboutar (first-person singular present rebouto, first-person singular preterite reboutei, past participle reboutado)

1. (archaic) to rebound
2. (transitive, the eyes) to open wide one's eyes because of surprise or another emotion

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “reboutar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “reboutar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “reboutar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN