Old Portuguese

Verb

deitar

1. to lay (to place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position)
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 4 (facsimile):

     Eſta e como Santa maria guardou ao fillo do judeu que non ardeſſe que ſeu padre deitara no forno

     This one is (about) how Holy Mary protected from being burnt the son of the Jew whose father had lied in the furnace.

Descendants

• Portuguese: deitar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese deitar, from Latin dēiectus ‎(“drooping”).

Pronunciation

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /dej.ˈta(ɹ)/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /dej.ˈta(ɻ)/
• (Carioca) IPA^(key): /dej.ˈta(χ)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɐj.ˈtaɾ/

Verb

deitar ‎(first-person singular present indicative deito, past participle deitado)

1. (intransitive, sometimes takes a reflexive pronoun) to lie down (to rest in a horizontal position)
2. (by extension, intransitive) to go to sleep
3. (transitive) to lay (to place in a horizontal position)
4. (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking a or em or sobre) to throw (to cause to fall off onto)
5. (transitive) to emit; to give off; to give out

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to lie down): reclinar(-se)
• (to go to sleep): ir dormir
• (to throw): jogar, tacar, arremessar, lançar
• (to emit): emitir

Antonyms

• (to lie down): levantar, erguer-se

Related terms

• deitado
• deitada