aproveytar

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • aprobeytar (Galicia, later)

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. From a- + proveito + -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apɾoβejˈtaɾ/

Verb

aproveytar

  1. to take advantage of, make use of
    • 1457, J. L. Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 402:
      prometo de me non aiudar nen aproueytar deles
      I promise not to help myself nor to take advantage of them

Conjugation

    Descendants

    • Galician: aproveitar
    • Portuguese: aproveitar

    References

    • aproveytar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
    • aproveytar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
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