agaitar

Galician

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Old Occitan agoaitar,[1] from Frankish *wahtōn, *wahtjan (“to watch, guard”), derivative of *wahta (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, cheerful, awake”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aɣajˈtaɾ/

Verb

agaitar (first-person singular present agaito, first-person singular preterite agaitei, past participle agaitado)

  1. to watch, to spy.

Conjugation
Conjugation of agaitar
singular plural
person first second third first second third
Infinitive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal agaitar
personal agaitar agaitares agaitar agaitarmos agaitardes agaitaren
Gerund
agaitando
Past participle singular plural
masculine agaitado agaitados
feminine agaitada agaitadas
Indicative eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present agaito agaitas agaita agaitamos agaitades agaitan
imperfect agaitaba agaitabas agaitaba agaitabamos agaitabades agaitaban
preterite agaitei agaitaches agaitou agaitamos agaitastes agaitaron
pluperfect agaitara agaitaras agaitara agaitaramos agaitarades agaitaran
future agaitarei agaitarás agaitará agaitaremos agaitaredes agaitarán
conditional agaitaría agaitarías agaitaría agaitariamos agaitariades agaitarían
Subjunctive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present agaite agaites agaite agaitemos agaitedes agaiten
preterite agaitase agaitases agaitase agaitásemos agaitásedes agaitasen
future agaitar agaitares agaitar agaitarmos agaitardes agaitaren
Imperative – ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative – agaita agaite agaitemos agaitade agaiten
negative – agaites agaite agaitemos agaitedes agaiten

References
  1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “aguaitar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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