choiar

Attested 1928. Unknown. Probably a derivative from choer (“to build an enclosure”), from Latin claudere (“to close”).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɔˈjaɾ/

choiar (first-person singular present choio, first-person singular preterite choiei, past participle choiado)

1. (intransitive, colloquial) to work; to do business

   Synonym: traballar

   Eu choio nunha oficina.

   I work at an office.

   • 1928, Ricardo Carballal, De min pra vós. Contos do pobo, A Coruña: Nós, page 87:

     Chegaron tres tratantes que choiaban nas feiras

     There came three merchants that used to do business at the fairs

• choio

• “choiar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “choiar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “choiar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.