decote

Attested since the 14th century. From de + Latin cottīdiē (“daily”).

• IPA^(key): /deˈkɔte̝/

decote

1. daily, habitually, persistently, all the time

   Synonyms: diariamente, habitualmente

   • 1389, Enrique Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 206:

     que elles den de vestir et de comer de cada dia et que viueren de cote con elles en suas casas

     they shall provide them with dressing and food every day, and they shall live with them habitually in their houses

   • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:

     Afonso:
     E como està o afillado?
     Christobo:
     Esse jà quer ir a Escola,
     pero porque non tèn sayo
     està decote na Eyra
     para escorrentar o Gando.

     Afonso:
     How is doing my godchild?
     Christobo:
     He already want to go to school,
     but since he has no robe
     is usually in the field
     for driving away the livestock.

   • 1846, Vicente Turnes, Aos augustos desposorios de Isabel II:

     Decote acarón da casa,
     Vemos cousas á ó revés;
     E non marran enxangadas
     Que nos fan doer as siés.

     All the time, by our house
     We see thing upside down;
     And there's no lack of jams
     that make our temples hurt

• acotío
• cotián
• decotío

• “cotiaa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “de cote” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cote” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “decote” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “decote” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

decote

1. inflection of decotar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• Hyphenation: de‧co‧te

Deverbal from decotar.

decote m (plural decotes)

1. the act of cutting or trimming
2. neck, neckline; décolletage

decote

1. inflection of decotar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative