xeito

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Asturian

Adjective

xeito

  1. neuter singular of xeitu

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese geito, from a Vulgar Latin *iectus, jectus, alteration of Latin iactus, perfect passive participle of iaciō (“throw, hurl; emit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- (“to throw, let go”). Compare Portuguese jeito.

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Pronunciation

Noun

xeito m (plural xeitos)

  1. way, manner or fashion (of doing something)
    Iso non che ten xeito!
    that makes no sense! / This is not the correct way of doing it!
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, page 461:
      Et andaua asseiando a Éytor, hu veería jeyto ou ora pera o matar.
      He was spying on Hector, where he would find the way and the opportunity of killing him
    • 1746, Martín Sarmiento, Coloquio de 24 gallegos rústicos, page 144:
      eu seica cho nego? Eu falo o que sei, ti fala ao teu xeito
      So, am I negating it? I speak what I know; you should speak in your way
    Synonyms: forma, maneira, modo
  2. appearance (how something appears)
    Synonyms: aspecto, traza
  3. skill, ability
    Synonyms: habelencia, habilidade, maña
  4. care (close attention)
    Vai con xeito, non te apures
    Drive with care, don't run!
    • 1807, Ramón Mariño Paz, editor, Segundo diálogo dos esterqueiros, page 4:
      — [...] seique fostes á taberna? —Ó xeito, ó xeito co'eso: estános a xente escoitando; non sea que perda o creto polas vosas faladuras.
      —they say that you went to the tavern? —Take care, take care with that: the people is listening; or else I'll lose all my credit because of your chit-chat.
    Synonyms: coidado, preacución
  5. a technique of net fishing
    • 1869, Domingo Blanco (ed.), A poesía popular en Galicia 1745-1885. Recopilación, estudio e edición crítica (vol. I), Vigo: Xerais, page 387:
      Anque che veño do xeito non che veño de xeitar: veño de tomar sardiñas d'alá do medio do mar.
      Although I came from fishing I've haven't been resting : I've come from catching sardines in the middle of the sea
      (there's a pun between xeitar, resting, and xeito, throwing, i.e. fishing)
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Etymology 2

Verb

xeito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of xeitar
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