aproveitar
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Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese aproveytar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). By surface analysis, a + proveito + ar. Cognate with Portuguese aproveitar and Spanish aprovechar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]aproveitar (first-person singular present aproveito, first-person singular preterite aproveitei, past participle aproveitado)
- to profit
- to take advantage of, to make use of
- 1886, O Galiciano, number 91, page 3:
- O que a ti che compría, repriquei, era unha boa vragasta polo lombo; sempre foches un perdido, e pra botar un día máis de pándega aporveitaste desa bouba da fin do mundo …
- "What you need", I reply, "is a good cane down your back; you have always been a dissolute guy, and for having one more day of fun you are taking advantage of this hoax about the end of the world …"
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of aproveitar
Reintegrated conjugation of aproveitar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Further reading
[edit]- “aproveitar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
References
[edit]- “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.
- “aproveitar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “aproveitar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “aproveitar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- “aproveitar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: a‧pro‧vei‧tar
Verb
[edit]aproveitar (first-person singular present aproveito, first-person singular preterite aproveitei, past participle aproveitado)
- to take, appropriate
- to avail, to seize; utilize, to use
- to be useful
- to take advantage of; to benefit, to put to (good/better) use, to make (good/better) use of, to make the best of
- Você deveria aproveitar essa oportunidade.
- You should take advantage of this opportunity.
- to harness; to utilize
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of aproveitar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “aproveitar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “aproveitar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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