coutar
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kowˈtaɾ]
Verb
coutar (first-person singular present couto, first-person singular preterite coutei, past participle coutado)
- to stop, to detain, to restrain, to hold back
- 1840, Florencio Pol, Á memoria dun amigo santiagués:
- recólle co teu esprito, amigo amado,
estas vagoas que non podo coutar- catch with your spirit, beloved friend,
these tears I cannot hold back
- catch with your spirit, beloved friend,
- to fence, to enclose
- (folklore) to cure with traditional medicine and spells
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
References
- “coutar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “coutar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “coutar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “coutar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- “coutar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Latin
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